Enlarge / A World of Warcraft illustration from the Zleague.gg article on “Glorbo.” (credit score: Zleague.gg)
On Thursday, a Reddit consumer named kaefer_kriegerin posted a faux announcement on the World of Warcraft subreddit in regards to the introduction of “Glorbo” to the sport. Glorbo is not actual, however the put up efficiently uncovered a web site that scrapes Reddit for information in an automatic vogue with little human oversight.
Not lengthy after the trick put up appeared, an article about Glorbo surfaced on “The Portal,” a gaming information content material mill run by Z League, an organization that gives money prizes for enjoying in gaming tournaments. The Z League article mindlessly regurgitates the Reddit put up and provides nonsensical particulars. Its writer, “Lucy Reed” (possible a fictitious title for a bot), authored over 80 articles that very same day.
A screenshot of the bot-written article about “Glorbo” that appeared on Z League’s web site earlier than being taken down. (credit score: Ars Technica)
Members of the World of Warcraft subreddit just lately seen that this type of automated content material scraping of Reddit has been going down, prompting a number of of them to attempt to recreation the bots and get their posts featured on websites like The Portal.
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