Does it do any good to Block the Chibots, or are there random millions of them and it would be useless?

2019-01-07T20:26:50Z

I know this is the wrong category but I don't know if these Chibots are in any group other than the one I use, R&S.

Anonymous2019-01-07T20:26:49Z

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If it forces Yahoo! to act, it's all for the good. I hope they cripple Answers. I reported a few thousand of them on New Year's Eve, and to show its appreciation, Yahoo! suspended my account.

Now, if you go to the Comments sections of Yahoo!'s new stories, you'll find little trolling and certainly no bot posts. The situation can be dealt with, if and when Yahoo! decides to clean things up.

.2019-01-08T21:46:31Z

Go ahead and block them if you like. Once you've hit your max of 200 accounts that can be blocked, the bots will still be creating new accounts and posting. Plus, it doesn't stop you from seeing the bot posts in any question you answer, even if you've blocked some of their accounts.

GOODBYE - closed account2019-01-07T22:02:41Z

as useful as pissing in the ocean...

Anonymous2019-01-07T20:27:25Z

mouamwaa

Anonymous2019-01-07T20:26:33Z

I think it's useless. I've reported them but that took so long and didn't make a difference. It will stop once Yahoo decides it needs to be repaird and they figure out how to fix the problem.

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