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PSA: Paid $80 for a bot checker tool and it flagged my own mom's Facebook profile
I run a small handmade jewelry page and got tired of fake accounts leaving weird comments, so I dropped $80 on a monthly bot detection tool last month. The thing was supposed to flag spam profiles and AI comments with a confidence score, which sounded great on the site. First week it marked my mom as 97% likely a bot because she comments the same heart emoji on every photo I post. Then it flagged three of my actual repeat customers in Ohio and one lady in Tampa who has bought from me six times. Canceled it after 11 days and went back to just checking profile creation dates and post history by hand. Has anyone found a checker that does not freak out over real people who just type the same thing a lot?
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nancyw971mo ago
The real flaw here is nobody asks what these tools actually measure: they score patterns, and real humans are the most predictable creatures on the planet. Your mom leaving the same heart on every post is exactly the kind of habit a normal person has, which is why hand checking will always beat a bot on this stuff. Maybe the fix is a tool that learns your specific regulars instead of judging everyone against a generic idea of "normal.
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