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minus-square@TauZero@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoSomehow I doubt the actual spambots have applied for a developer API key. They’ll be fine.
minus-square@usernotfound@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoI wouldn’t be surprised if they had, actually. Still, a spam bot can just use the free license - they won’t make nearly as much api requests as a proper app would. The ones that make 60 posts per account per hour are easy to detect no matter how they post.
Somehow I doubt the actual spambots have applied for a developer API key. They’ll be fine.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they had, actually.
Still, a spam bot can just use the free license - they won’t make nearly as much api requests as a proper app would.
The ones that make 60 posts per account per hour are easy to detect no matter how they post.