# Why reddit spam?

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**Created:** [August 23, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-reddit-spam/728570 "2015-08-23T00:27:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-reddit-spam/728570/41 "2015-09-14T17:33:54Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> And, anyways, we’d probably first go the “new posts with links from new posters go to a mod cue” option that exists with vBulletin. If it’s not bad enough for that, it’s not bad enough for a bot.

I agree. This is definitely what we would do.

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