content: Rule Review Post: New bots are among us, and other considerations "Rule Review Post: New bots are among us, and other considerations 1 - The new queue has been going through a new transition. We have a number of new contributors. This is mostly a great thing, but there are some  we're not so sure about. There are some new bots that had issues integrating, so we had to begin removing some posts. They seem to have worked  out most of the bugs, but not all, and they will not be the last to come. The content of some can be of  questionable quality, though others are ok. As you can see, we're swimming in grey area here. So we want to know how you feel. Should we crack down on bots? and to what extent? 2 - How to Ban Sockpuppeteers?   People who routinely use sock-puppet accounts have no fear of being banned. It allows them to ignore rules without  consequence. Their posts may get removed, but they get some attention before that happens. That's all they need to feel that they accomplished  something. There are also a lot of questionable voats that show up at just the right time. With manhood it's mostly easy, there is little grey area. But others are more difficult to deal with. They will make reasonable posts sometimes. That puts us in a tough position. We don't want to remove a post that is beginning to take off. Discussion  is a good thing. But if we let him get away with it, they will do it again. We are open to suggestion on how to deal with them. But I am proposing a 'Puppet-ban'. A ban applied to manhood and any future puppeteer that  might think he can continue to break the rules without consequence. A 'puppet-ban' would result in us removing any posts by a banned puppeteer regardless of what account it is. Once we verify that it is the puppeteer, we would remove their post, regardless of whether that specific post breaks any rules. Does that sound reasonable? Do you have a better idea? They can post whatever videos they want, but if they begin to wipe their ass with the rules, there needs to be a reckoning. At the moment, there is nobody other than manhood we would feel should get that ban. But there are some testing the limits, so we would like to  have an established, and approved policy for dealing with them. **Note: Voats count for little in this conversation because of the potential for abuse. So leave a comment. Even if it has already been said. We will read  every comment in the thread. When we can see the user names, then we know that it is a legit user, and not a puppet or brigade.**