Bots refer from the term robots, these

are automated s that simulate

the behavior of humans by   making

repetitive tasks. These bots are made

using   programming    language   and

codes.

Amino Helpers

These ones can often   be   found   in

communities and are managed by the

curation team and can be used often

in chats.

Spam Bots

These are the bots that you will often

see   sending   messages    promoting

something specific. These bots send

messages   in   private and   also

public chats to send their spam.

We do not use   bots and spam bots

are not allowed   either. As   you guys

might   have   seen   spam   bots have

become an issue in amino and we are

not completely free of them either. We

try to get rid   of them as soon as they

are     spotted    so   here    are    some

recommendations   for   the s and

also a guide to help us against them.

Stop Getting Private Messages from Bots:

First you need to go to the bar with all

the options at the   end of the screen

and choose the option menu. Once in

there scrolled down until you find the

option that says settings and click it.

Now you will see an option that says

allow inbound chat requests, and pick

either   to   disable   them   completely

meaning no one can start a chat with

you or, just the people you follow can

start a pm with you.

Report Bots

Even though we always try to ban them

as soon    as we   see   them, there are

some   bots that   can   camouflage as

s so we don't know if they are bots

or real people (mainly those who attack

via pm. So there are two ways you can

report them:

1. Bot Dump Chat

Due    to the high   amount of bots, we

have an easy   access chat where you

can report a bot. What   do you need?

Just   the   bot    profile   link   and     a

screenshot   that shows the message

they sent you or a chat you are in. Also

this chat is only for sending bots.

Enter the Chat Here

2. Flagging

This is the second option, amino has a

tool or option to flag profiles and even

chat messages. If you don't know how

to flag there is a very useful guide here:

How to Flag

Now this is another topic    of interest,

like mentioned   earlier, Bots also

public chats, and there are quite some

things   about it. First   as you can see

they enter   and   automatically   send

these   messages   and when we   ban

ban them the messages look like this:

Now,   this   means   the bot has been

banned, yet due to their programming

they do not   leave chats and you can

see them pilling up here:

This takes chat   space   capacity, for

future . Even though   we do

chat cleanings often   we request chat

owners    and co-hosts   to help doing

the   cleaning of their   chats to   make

this   process more   efficient.   Please

check out this PSA too:

PSA: to all GC owners

Option to deal with bot spam messages in GC

Sometimes we   get bot invasions, this

means like two or more bots per minute

in these cases   getting so many spam

messages   can   be   annoying for the

chat , so if you want you can

put the chat in "visibility" mode till the

bot invasion is fully handled. This can

only   be   done   by   chat   hosts and

co-hosts.

Even though   bots keep evolving and

camouflaging more and more here are

some   bots that   have   already been

identified as bots:

By name:

A lot either used repetitive names or

russian letters.

By Picture:

Some of them have different names but

the same pictures.   Though they keep

adding to the list here are some of the

most used in the latest attacks.