Hi guys,
When I ran that bot yesterday which made the accounts here, I didn't have any 'malicious' intentions. I just wanted to laugh a little and watch everyone freak out, but I didn't have any desire to keep everyone's username and password just for the sake of it.
I think I've accomplished that purpose, and I don't have any reason or desire to keep everyone's accounts anymore. I also don't want to cause any issues for Atko, who handled everything very maturely and even chatted with me after the bot ran.
So, if you guys would like, I'm happy to release the list of the usernames and passwords which were registered, so they can be deleted and the usernames can be reclaimed. In all there were over 8.5k accounts that were successfully made (195 were attempted but already registered). Each account has a random password.
I think it'd be best if I send this list directly to Atko, and he can run a simple query or script to take care of deleting / disabling the accounts. If not, then I can publish the list online somewhere, so everyone can see what their password is and login, and then change the password. So Atko, if you could respond and let me know of what the best way to go forward with this is, we can get it done.
Currently this info is in a mysql database. I could either send you the sql file or export it to a csv, whichever suits you.
Sorry for anyone who may have been upset. My intention was only to laugh a little, not to cause any damage.
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whistleblower ago
I think it would make sense for you to publish the list of names (pastebin?) but not necessarily the passwords (that would be mayhem). Not sure what you should do re: passwords, as giving them to atko would create more work for him and hes already doing so much. Maybe he/we can appoint someone who has some spare time and can handle password requests on a case by case basis? Idk.
At the very least I think you should be as forthcoming as possible re: who the bot targeted, how, and why, if there really was no malintent behind your actions.
50centmynigga ago
I think sending a csv file directly to Atko would probably be the best way, since then he can very easily run a quick script to delete the accounts, and make the usernames available again. But I can do whatever method is asked of me.
And yes.. there wasn't any malicious intent. I was bored on a Sunday and decided to write it. I shouldn't go into details of 'how' unless you want more attempts at such bots.
whistleblower ago
If hes ok with that than so am I, but I strongly believe that the list of names targeted should be made public as well so that we know who was targeted.
50centmynigga ago
You won't get any particular benefit from knowing that. It didn't target any particular users, the process was mostly random, it looked for people who had commented in /r/conspiracy.
Flytape ago
Did you use any of the accounts? Or are they all just idle?
Whoever made Flytape was actually using it.
50centmynigga ago
The bot generated some posts by mixing posts from /r/sex and /r/conspiracy and posted them, but it was stopped pretty quickly by disabling making posts by new accounts. But your account isn't in the list that my bot made, it must've been grabbed by someone else.