There always seems to be this idea that we simply allow botting to happen and that if we cared, we could block them entirely. As much as I’d like that to be the reality, it just doesn’t work like that.
We deal with bots and other exploitation all the time, it is a constant battle where we suspend or close thousands of accounts weekly. I think a Community post made in May covers a lot of this subject.
The short answer is, no, there is no simple way to block bots. There are various different ones out there, which our teams work to investigate and to break, block or automatically detect. It is a constant struggle though, as we improve so do they, as we discover ways to detect them, they figure out what we found and close that loop.
We understand it is frustrating to deal with. There are ebbs and flows when it comes to botting activity. Hopefully we’ll you’ll be more of an ebb.