Is it just me, or are the bot comments getting worse than they usually are? Normally, I would go at LEAST two weeks before getting another one. But recently, it’s been every other day, and that’s when I’m lucky.
It’s becoming seriously annoying to deal with. Especially as someone who enjoys reading people’s comments. I’ll get a notification that someone commented, only to find out it was those stupid:
“Hey, I really liked your story… the scenes are just so vivid in my mind. Your words are transformed into pictures with my paintbrush. Here’s my IG so that you can DM me!” - That’s actually a tamer version of what it usually is, but you get the point.
The very first one I ever got, I almost fell for. But an obvious way to find out if it’s a bot without engaging with the comment at all is to just… check for whether there’s anything actually about the story. Most of them just put some sort of glaze in there, explaining how the story is well written or they can clearly imagine making art for the story. And yet, they never say anything truly specific, such as what scene they like or even a mention of the characters.
Once you’ve figured out it’s a bot, or it potentially is a bot, I would just delete their comment and block them.
But yeah. These bot comments are pissing me off.