Tumblr user here (I enjoy looking at artwork and most people left X for Tumblr).
This makes me think the Porn Bot Problem on Tumblr is intentional for more than just phishing purposes. Essentially, users will get followed by fake accounts that steal and alter images from across the internet or use AI generated pornographic images for their profile icons. They’ll then follow your account—normally in waves of multiple bots—and sometimes even send you DMs that very clearly have a virus attached to them.
They have also shifted to posting links to “sex shows” and tagging the post with sex related tags as well as unrelated tags that are trending at the time of posting.
Like adjusting Google search results to hide things, I am wondering if these bots are being used to hide the activity of pedophiles like this guy on Tumblr.
Tumblr user here (I enjoy looking at artwork and most people left X for Tumblr).
This makes me think the Porn Bot Problem on Tumblr is intentional for more than just phishing purposes. Essentially, users will get followed by fake accounts that steal and alter images from across the internet or use AI generated pornographic images for their profile icons. They’ll then follow your account—normally in waves of multiple bots—and sometimes even send you DMs that very clearly have a virus attached to them.
They have also shifted to posting links to “sex shows” and tagging the post with sex related tags as well as unrelated tags that are trending at the time of posting.
Like adjusting Google search results to hide things, I am wondering if these bots are being used to hide the activity of pedophiles like this guy on Tumblr.