<title></title> <p> </p> <p> <span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: medium; ">This is an FAQ for a repost-finding bot on reddit.com</span></span></p> <p> </p> <p> <span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">See the bot in action at: </span></span><a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/ImageBot">http://www.reddit.com/user/ImageBot</a></p> <p> </p> <div> <div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: How can I personally discover if there are previous posts of an image?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: </span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.karmadecay.com"><font class="Apple-style-span">KarmaDecay.com</font></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> is a reverse image search engine specifically for Reddit.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> It was described in an online article as the "TinEye for the Alien Guy". Upload an</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">image, or paste it's URL, and Karma Decay will search for previous links and</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">comments on Reddit for that image. The </span><span style="color:#0000ff;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://karmadecay.com/browser-tools"><font class="Apple-style-span">bookmarklet and add-ons</font></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> integrate</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Karma Decay into Reddit.</span></p> <p style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: Does the bot find every previous post?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: No. It covers only the top 1000 posts from the top 10 picture subreddits.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> Also, every </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">implementation for finding similar images is imperfect, so the bot</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> tries to only </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">use matches when it has a high level of confidence, ignoring other</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">potential </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">matches that it isn't as sure about. </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">Q: Does the bot downvote reposts or upvote other posts?</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "><strong>A</strong>: No. The bot does not upvote or downvote any posts or comments. You can verify</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "><span style="color:#000000;"> this by visiting the</span> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/ImageBot/liked">liked</a> and <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/ImageBot/disliked">disliked</a> <span style="color:#000000;">pages on the bot's user page.</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: Why are you ignoring the reddiquette guidelines about not complaining </strong></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">about reposts?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: The bot is not complaining. It is providing a quick and easy way to discover</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">valuable information in previous comments. The wording used by the bot was</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> carefully chosen so as to be as friendly as possible.</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: Why are you doing this?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: For the joy of programming and creating something useful. The best comments</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">on Reddit are those that inform. By linking to previous Reddit comments, the bot is</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">linking to a treasure of valuable vote-filtered information. For example Reddit comments</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">will often tell you information like: is it fake, what is the story behind the image, who is</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">the original creator, and more.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: Won't people downvote my post if they see that it is a repost?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: Are you posting an image for the community or for karma points? Hopefully you are</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">posting for the community and view karma points not as a game to win, but as a way</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">to measure what the community values. Similarly, the bot is posting information for</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">the community. If the information it provides does influence the votes of a few members,</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">then the information it provided was valuable to them.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: Aren't you spamming?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: The bot is linking to Reddit posts within Reddit, and does so without bias. Reddit</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">posts already have a "related" tab with links that are generated automatically. The bot</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">is providing a similar automatic service, but with a more specific focus.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: Is it OK to run bots on Reddit?</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: Mods and admins are free to ban any user account as they see fit. Common sense</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">would say that useful bots are acceptable, annoying bots are not. On Reddit, its pretty</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">easy to distinguish between the two by looking at the bot's karma. There are a few well</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">known bots running on Reddit that seem to be well accepted by the community. It's even</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">been claimed that the admins have assisted at least one bot writer.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; ">Q: I still think that you are an arrogant repost-complaining piece of &@!+ and you</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "> should stop violating the reddiquette!!!!</strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "><strong>A</strong>: Well that really isn't a question, but... Firstly, the content being posted is not violating</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">the reddiquette. No criticism or complaint is occurring. The messages have useful</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">information. All that remains is for the community to vote on how useful it is.</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Secondly, did you know that the reddiquette was not written by the admins? The reddiquette</span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">is simply a set of opinions from more senior redditors. </span><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; ">The guideline regarding repost-complaints</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> was only added in July 2011 and it has already been revised since. So please try to avoid becoming</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size: 16px; "><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; "> overly militant about any particular item in the reddiquette.</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><strong><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;">Q: What happened to "Karmangler", the old image bot?</span></span></strong></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"><strong>A: </strong>'Karmangler' is a <em>terrible</em></span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"> name. The old username implied that the bot had something to do with </span></span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:times new roman,times,serif;"> karma; </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">this is not true. The bot is meant to provide a service of linking reddit posts together, to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; ">help </span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> <span style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 16px; "> the spread of relevant information.</span></span></p> <p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p> </div> </div>