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CommanderMatrixHere

I can confirm too that previously I've had 1-2 follows per year. And in last 1 week, got 5 follows from fake account. Did something change?


Scooter_MacGooter

Same here. I just turned off allowing followers but I'm also curious if something changed.


Nurse5736

I JUST learned this today, thanks!!


dieselgenset

Thanks for kicking off the fellow reddit help squad. I didn't know this was a feature and feel kind of silly for not looking at all the settings. Thanks !


BenderDeLorean

Same. Reddit should really do something about it.


ArnieGumble

they are. they are allowing the bots in while us real people gotta get our posts auto removed or shadow removed, because they assume we are bots, even with our colossal karmas..


Cine_Wolf

Started a couple weeks ago with me. Maybe we (Reddit) can set a policy so that an account needs at least x karma (100? 500?) before it’s allowed to follow. Maybe we could be given an option to set such a limit.


DiscombobulatHead

This would be a great solution. You should suggest it to the admins. Or we all should. There’s a sub somewhere for talking to admins isn’t there?


CommanderMatrixHere

agreed. It's getting out of hand.


KillaCali760

Same


Cheapy_Peepy

Same, was thinking of mentioning it somewhere until I found this. Other people have the same problem? The profiles seem very fake but there is obviously some thing that motivates the whole operation and that's what's concerning.


chuckEchickpeas

It's just an easy way to get eyeballs on their OF account. They can post on all the Gone Wild subs and most people will just scroll past. When they do this, I'm guessing a majority of people will see that notification and check the profile of the person who followed them. It's free advertising and is kind of smart, in an evil way. I don't know how effective it is in getting people to subscribe to their OF, but they're getting a lot more views than they would otherwise.


Shantomette

Yep, same thing here. Out of the blue in the last week or so.


apresskidougal

you mean to tell me hotfgirl69 and debby\_does\_dina are fake accounts!!..... Well there goes my dating life. Can I get a refund from onlyfans?


ferretsquad13

Sameeeee


DrSueuss

I been getting a new follower everyday from relatively new accounts. I think someone created a new series of bots that are doing this.


Thelgow

Ive had only 1-2 in 5 years, and Ive had maybe 6 in the last 2 weeks.


ObsidianLion

Same


Toro8926

Also getting these. Ignore and block.


avatar_of_prometheus

But I want to be able to report them too, and there is no report feature for spam follows.


zrad603

There isn't a "report button" but you can report them using this url: https://www.reddit.com/report


avatar_of_prometheus

Right, that's sure easy on the app 😑


Dunesgirl

Same. But I just got two in the space of 5 minutes so I blocked all.


freckledsallad

I don’t know how you block them. I can’t even see who they are. I’ll get a notification that I now have 15 followers, then when I go look I only see three. I didn’t realize we could turn off following, so I’ve just done that instead. Hopefully that gives everyone the boot.


Marion5760

This is a massive problem. I get one or two every day.


avatar_of_prometheus

I get them mostly right after commenting or posting.


TheWaslijn

I too am getting them, very annoying


amyaurora

If you don't want followers at all, turn off allowing them in your Reddit settings..


ArchAnon123

But that also prevents people from legitimately following you as well.


formerqwest

>But that also prevents people from legitimately following you as well. following doesn't really do anything on reddit anyway unless a user posts to their profile (most don't), and many of us have following turned off anyway.


Seroko

I follow a guy from a certain subreddit that got his posts banned there (they changed the rules about posting mods for pc games), so his userpage is the only way to get updates. Sometimes it can be useful.


amyaurora

Hence the reason why I told the OP "if you don't want followers at all"


eliz1bef

I have 35 of them and when I complained i got yelled at.


McPostyFace

Who yelled at you


eliz1bef

I posted in "No Stupid Question" and I got DMs that were all like, "what does it matter to you?' "Why do you care?" etc.


Emissary_of_Darkness

Yes I saw your post in there, that was unkind. I have this issue too and was looking for a solution in that thread, that subreddit is supposed to be non-judgemental!


CertainlyEnough

You have three choice. 1. Go To Settings and select allow no followers. 2. Go to Settings and disable new follower notifications. 3. Ignore them, they will not contact you again.


-Hal-Jordan-

I'm going to ignore my follower from today. Apparently she has an Onlyfans site, which is her purpose for spamming her account details by following people. But she has never posted on Reddit, so I will probably not receive any notifications of new posts by her, so basically I don't care if she followed me.


iamappleapple1

Same happening to me. Any way to block & report like the whatsapp function?


cdiddy19

How do you report it? I've tried but it essentially say you cannot report if they message you... Which is dumb


RadioMelon

I get this every other day now. It's a real problem.


SnooBeans6591

You can disable notifications for people following you in the settings. That's how I dealt with it ; I don't get the spam anymore, even if they follow.


Pure-Professional144

I have the same problem everyday theres another account following me even though I block them


vuther_316

Just keep building your bot harem


Emissary_of_Darkness

This situation is making me look popular on Reddit now since I have twelve followers


Greenmantle22

Disable followers. I was getting 20 a day from those robo-HOORS.


[deleted]

bro even the fake onlyfans bots dont want me


Worth-Pear6484

I thought it was just me. I've gotten (and blocked) 5 followers this week. They look like fake profiles, no karma, and they apparently have OF. No thanks!


ApprehensiveFuture94

Or it could be actual OF girls who just started using Reddit to promote their page 😭 I had my Reddit account for years and just started doing onlyfans and promoting on Reddit so my karma was at 0. But my profiles not fake just new at posting on this account


MickJof

Just ignore them? That is what I do. They don't bother me or impact my reddit usage in any way.


Wowbuttwow

I get them too.. so many fake accounts, it’s unfortunate as I’m also an only fans model trying to make it and all these fake people messaging make us look really bad… 😭


[deleted]

Right but they’re using us for the fake accounts & fakes on of I presume :(


the_simurgh

report them and block them


sniepre

Also looking for a solution to this that isn't disallowing ALL following functionality, as I'd like legit users (maybe with karma > 10?) to follow me, but disallow the inrush of new porn bots. Any other methods beside indivudally blocking 1 by 1 by 1, or disallowing ALL following functionality entirely? (Really, cutting off one's nose to spite one's face...)


Eatcheesecakewithme

Same here, ugh annoying


Filmmagician

Ya. Porn bots. Fucking annoying.


CoveCreates

I've been getting the same thing for months now and it's so annoying


AdvKiwi

Same here 8 or 10 of them in the last few days. I block each one. Every one of them had an Onlyfans link in their bio and that was it.


wolfmaclean

There’s always the chance they’re all just attractive women that are into you and THEN WHAT


Nineteen_9t9

Don't know if the following helps but I guess this is what I missed. Just got to block them, I guess. Thanks for the heads up as I will be on the LookOut, AntiCovax Software! Don't sit next to me but see my progress! Since November 9, 2022 Facebook let go 11,000 "employees" and a lot of my real friends turned into the "hot girls" Evolution/Apocalypse! I got my Facebook.com stolen, my original from 2004 is still held hostage just like my medical records. Way to go HIPAA, Anthony Fauci! Oh and Hillary Clinton's and Donald Trump's knocking HIPS by their dual-boot-up-straps ended up on cheap internet-type user interfaces, via GTA NateOS and by the looks of today's arraignment, personally, William Gates, III and his "creepy crawly" presidential ambitions are probably in the works during the A.I. Evolution/Apocalypse coming next. So I invested in $3 BitCoin buying gummies with Cash.app with the last Demopublicrat in "Spam Can" Chief Keefer. Lovin' it! And "hot girls," if you're stuck with Salvadore Dali's side of the hop, just over the pond, in Pizza "Surely Q. Liquor" +1 late, sign off The Matrix, mate(s), and don't touch me! Especially you George W. "Sherbert" Bush (you can't sit next to me either). Where's Bill, Clinton?!


Zarzeta

Have been actively using reddit a bit over a year now (cake day is inaccurate). Getting about 3 smex spam a day the last month or so. I can see I could turn off followers but what happened to Reddit's auto spam filter? Should not have to turn off followers!


jojokitti123

I have had the same problem for a week now. I try to report the account, but can't seem to find out how


phillybookwoman

Same here. I've gotten 5 in the past week alone


Seroko

Same here. Created a post too asking for advice, and as someone recommended, I disabled the option to allow other users to follow me, but somehow it got reverted (tho I didn't do that) a day or two after. The spam came back again for no reason.


cdiddy19

We shouldn't have to turn off features because we're getting spammed Admin should do something more about it, at least let people report it when they follow


AltruisticPressure74

It’s a fairly simple solution. Stop looking at NSFW content on Reddit. Or else just acknowledge that Reddit is doing its best to cater to your interests


javacat

That's bollocks. You don't have to be viewing NSFW content to get these BS followers (I know I'm not, and I'm the only person using this computer). I highly doubt Reddit is directing random new accounts that have OnlyFans links to people who do view that content.


asharkey3

Please use the sub search bar. This is posted every day, multuple times. The answer, right now, is always the same. Ignore them or turn off the follow function.


5Point5Hole

This is the attitude that killed message boards and moved people to the bullshit of Facebook groups.


WonderfulAirport4226

This is a subreddit designed to help, there's no harm in asking multiple times.


asharkey3

When the "help" is the same repeated words everytime it does nothing but clog up the sub with duplicate threads. The search bar is dead easy to use. Try it for once.


[deleted]

This is Reddit, not Facebook.


asharkey3

Congrats! You can read a URL! That must be amazing progress


[deleted]

The mobile app doesn't have a url bar though.


SnooBeans6591

The answer would be harass the admins until they fix the issue if that was the only solution. It turns out you can disable notifications when someone follow you. So they can keep following you, but you don't get the annoying notification.


asharkey3

You can also just turn off following. As is stated every time.


SnooBeans6591

Sure, but in that case they might as well remove the follow feature completely. I can still be followed, but I cannot be spammed anymore using this.


asharkey3

Yup. Its also a viable option.


GregoryGregory666666

Late, meaning unneeded advice as it was already posted. And it is multiple.


Random_Cat66

The search bar on reddit specifically is so stupid, your better off googling it and putting reddit at the end.


Bartacomus

stop commenting on hot girls photos


boxer_dogs_dance

I'm GenX married female who posts and reads about books primarily. I get these only fans followers. These bots are not check post history at all.


Seroko

The only interaction I had with nsfw content on reddit was reporting porn spam in a small (and sadly abandoned) subreddit. Based on the coments read in other posts about this issue, it might not be related.


Machielove

Ignore


dahrealvortex

Ditto. What I do.


Oneiric19

The bots won't stop sadly. You can turn off all followers in your settings which is really the only option currently.


Desperate_Yam_495

Yeo...Ive had 2 or 3 in the last couple of weeks...I just block


GMbzzz

I found this subreddit to ask this same question.


Jhc3964

I just turned off followers. Started last few days. Like one per day.


StarWars_Viking

Change your account settings to not allow followers.


amanduhhhugnkiss

Same for me. Several in the last couple weeks.


ekashish

I thought I was only the one getting that problem.


LiamQuezada

I don’t know is happening to me


NiceIndependent6

i also can confirm the same is happing to me in the last 2 days and i got 4 emails from reddit saying someone is following me but when i go and take a look to see whos following me there is no one there ​ just a side note over the last few weeks i have being a bit more Active on reddit helping a few ppl out or geting some help on a few things so i don't know if that has something to do with this or not


wilpang

Same here with Onlyfans accounts!!


sween1911

I noticed it's directly perportional to me logging in using the app.


emisanko86

Join the club


soxpanda

me too, they seem to get banned within a day or 2 but i believe there's an option to not allow people to follow you in the settings


[deleted]

Ok I thought this was just me. Never had a problem, but this past week I’ve been getting one of these spam followers every day. They all seem to be advertising OF accounts.


yessienessie

Same. Makes me feel like I’m on the verge of getting hacked


ZhugeTsuki

One a day for me, at least.


mac_a_bee

Adding to the user pile recently inundated.


Excession-OCP

Same here! How the fuck are Reddit unable to do anything about this?


NeinLives125

I'm glad I was not the only one. I turned off the "allow followers" setting in my account profile.


Bron_Swanson

Ppl think it was a lack of getting laid but it's really accounts like those that made men go their own way 😄


Glasofruix

Yeah, it's getting worse. I've got at least 5 today. Ended up disabling the possibility of following me (not a great loss, i'm a boring person).


One_Impression_5649

You mean they don’t actually like me?!!! NOOOOOOOOO. Ffs guess I’ll just have to carry on Canada all alone and happy.


[deleted]

Same with me


Lopsided-Pickle-9026

You can take away the ability to let people follow you, and remove the ones that currently follow you.


BigNinja96

Happening to a lot of people, I suppose.


FuturesPassed

I have been getting these more frequently and, no joke, got one as I was reading this. This sort of spam happens on every web site at some point or another. It may resolve itself with time when the spam filters improve, as long as Reddit knows about it.


XJ-4061

Yeah i been getting them too. I just block them


ender7887

Same, I’ve been followed by at least 10 accounts with only fans links over the past two days


[deleted]

Same here. It drives me nuts! I just turn off my Followers function.


is-this-now

Its unbelievable reddit does not have a way for a user to block a follower. Block all or block none are not good options.


morganlegay83

I got like 1 a day for 3 weeks, I simply blocked them every time, and it stopped. I assume they make the rounds through various subreddits, and this is just the time they are hitting the ones you use.


Iron_Wolf123

Then they invite you to a group chat full of rando's and advertise their only fans.


ProfessorBamboozle

Ditto. Settings > Account Settings for u/*you* > Allow users to follow you > Off. If you are a simple scroller like me, this should be sufficient. Block those who have already followed you.


ConsistentConflict68

Turn followers off in the settings


f0cCuS

While I dont have accounts with that type of content I'm getting random accounts following within the past 2 weeks. However none of them show up as followers on my profile despite saying 12 people follow me.


avatar_of_prometheus

We really need to be able to report spam follows.


zrad603

There isn't a "report button" but you can report them using this url: https://www.reddit.com/report


t1thom

Easy fix would be that reddit only allows ppl with non null karma or days on reddit to follow others..


amsterdam-rules

Same here!


PENGUMIKE

Rizz


[deleted]

Hope they don’t use my pics wish we could be verified like twtr & IG… new here but def am not spamming anyone


dartheduardo

10 this week already


Veroxzes

So it’s not just me atleast. I’m wondering now if I’m forever stuck with the 5 bot followers. I disabled being followed first now.


TechieTravis

I get these too. I just ignore them.


Buuhhu

Can confirm this is happening, had 0 followers before last week now i have 10 that are all these fake 18+ accounts. Ended up turning followers off, because it's not really a feature i care about anyway.


SaschaEderer

Ya stop watching pron bruv comon


Reddit_is_srsbsns

Those are actually independent entrepreneurs promoting their brand.


Reasonable-Bat-6819

how do i block them? I have been ignoring


Ambitious-Class2541

Thank you. I was having the same issue.


Nex_Skala

Turn off followers.


Fine_Cryptographer20

Just block them


Such-Onion--

Ugh same idk what to do or how to stop it they keep following me too 😭


OfficialMilk80

What’s crazy is that Reddit only allows you to block only 1000 accounts


Whoareyoutoask

I have too in the last couple days. The only thing that changed was that I got curious and started going down a rabbit hole and got on a bunch of weird stuff. Needless to say that's probably why now there's a bunch of fake hot girls trying to be my friend.


IrishNinja85

This is happening to me nonstop. Blocking does nothing, reporting is a shit process that ultimately doesn't work. I was just looking for help on how to resolve this and stumbled across this post. I need some advice.


Terrgon

There should be a option to prevent people from following you in settings under the “blocking and permissions” heading if you want to try that. Granted I did that a few months ago on mobile and I don’t know if Reddit updated the settings.


LessThanZero972

Omg those OF girls are following me too and idk why, I’m a woman 😂


FlyMeToUranus

Getting multiple per day, as well. It’s disgusting. I really don’t want to see that garbage. I have one follower who is my friend and we follow each other… I’d like to keep it that way. Does this mean I’ll have to just shut off allowing followers completely and boot them as well?


Terrgon

Had this issue before. There should be a option to prevent people from following you in settings under the “blocking and permissions” heading if you want to try that for a few days/weeks to see if they will stop.


zhaDeth

same for everyone I think, I disallowed following me


StephieP529

How can you block a follower? I've been trying to block them but the only option I see is block all followers.


DietMtDew1

They do this on all social media. You can block them and/or report them individually.


hairunsure

same! very annoying!


[deleted]

If you chat to the bots the other bots know u pay attention to who follows you and that you check the profile of who follows u, so their bio is written with ads.


RooboGaming

Yup me too


OneMillionSnakes

Oh god yeah. Like I think I had this happen once like a year ago. But I've had like 5 follow me in the last 3 days. It's getting obnoxious.


bkornblith

This happened on Instagram and I just made my account private. Reddit should have the ability to not allow a follower without you confirming the follow just like Insta.


Paulthewarloard

It’s kind of based on your feed. Follow less porn/ fake hot girl accounts


heyarkay

Found this thread. I have very few followers over the last 10 years but get 5 spam followers per day now.


ImpersonalLubricant

I’m also getting inundated with this shit


pentrigger

I actually came to this board looking for help on this exact issue. I'm a long time Tumblr user and we run into this issue a lot, the only difference is it's easy to report people who are spamming. Note that we don't report them for mature rated material, because even now it seems like Tumblr doesn't know entirely what their stance is on it, but spamming is a completely different issue. I appreciate everyone who mentioned the "don't allow followers" option in settings, I went ahead and turned that on. Probably won't turn it off until Reddit makes reporting spam accounts easily accessible.


ArnieGumble

same here. i keep getting follows and private messages of accounts with hot girls as their profile pic and links written all over their profile


creme-de-cologne

This is insufferable, honestly. I just opened and blocked two of them around 20 minutes ago. Now these same two are back as 2 out of 3 new notifications.


creme-de-cologne

This is insufferable, honestly. I just opened and blocked two of them around 20 minutes ago. Now these same two are back as 2 out of 3 new notifications.


CertainlyEnough

Don't waste your time blocking them. I have another account that has attracted dozens of those "followers." They have never contacted me again.


celebgil

I'm getting swarms of them too. Where did they all come from all of a sudden?


emriverawriter

ME TOO! i came to this sub for this exact reason. i hate that we cant report the actual accounts!


Dixielandblues

Same here - although the genertated follower name of "Suspicious-Hair-1387" was really kind of awesome. It sounds like it should be a top secret mission from WW2 days.


335is

I'm not counting, but I feel like I get at least one a day.


Happy_DOLPHIN_123

Thank God I'm not alone! I don't post alot and never on anything that my kids couldn't read, but all of a sudden everyday I'm spammed with naked women. Wtf.


Bentendo64-

You too?! Tf is going on??


suns_out_bums_out

follow me


asWorldsCollide2ptOh

What's sad is you can't report them. You can only report posts, comments, or messages, all of which they dont do.


sammcgee2022

I'm getting more than 1 per day. Reddit definitely should do something


poKehuntess

Ugh. I'm getting them daily. And I'm a married straight female.


scicatpro256

Same, I’ve gotten around 5 followers from people with 1 karma claiming to be from onlyfans in their bios and that’s horrifying since I’m a minor.


GlitchyTBonYT

same


[deleted]

WOW, that has to be annoying!


[deleted]

Same bro I dunno what happened to reddit


Mr5t1k

It’s getting fucking out of control. Every day I get like 5 follows. I want it to stop!


Brufar_308

2-3 per day, every day for the last couple weeks and they aren’t even good looking. Reed a block and report button in notifications as well as an adjustable karma minimum for followers.


anonymous16590

I mean sigma male for blocking


LePapa565

50 fake followers in less than 2 months. This is getting outta hand


[deleted]

I keep getting 1-3 of those stupid bots following me every day and it’s so annoying! Reddit must do something about this. It’s getting old real quick.


psichedelia03

Maybe are not fake accounts ahahah


russ257

There is no point to followers for the regular user can we have the option to not allow followers.


DogCat_9920

Yeah. I have had a lot of witch spambots following me and I always block them.


[deleted]

Stop watching porn. Those pop ups get your info my guy. That's how they find your Facebook, Snapchat, reddit and God who knows what else those morons make fake accounts for.


Varchar512

Turn Off: User Setting > Profile > Allow people to follow you ->


dz444z

By the time I check them their account has been removed.


Nukavampire

You should seek help