Hi there, admins. I am writing on behalf of the community and mod team over at /r/copypasta about a problem that we have faced regarding a bot that is active on our subreddit.
Our subreddit’s main premise is creating often humorous stories that can be copied and pasted and used throughout the internet. As copying and pasting is a major part of our subreddit, we created a bot which would repost this copypasta in the comment section for mobile users, as mobile users were not able to copy and paste directly from the post. The bot (u/CummyBot2000) exists solely for the purpose of being able to quickly copy the text from the post. This means that the bot does not alter anything or deviate from the post to allow full authenticity in copying and pasting copypasta.
However, this has led to some problems. Recently, the bot was suspended from Reddit, possibly for encouraging obscene or racist language. We are writing to you about this incident. You have to understand that this bot does not write anything original, and we do not condone racism or hate speech of any kind. The bot’s role is to simply copy and paste what the author of the original post has written.
As a result of this, we ask that this does not happen again, and we are happy to answer any more questions if necessary.
Regards,
/r/copypasta mods