Google need to do something about bots in Community Forum

[avjayarathne]

So perhaps you’ve noticed this as well. Starting from this month, there have been some abnormal interactions on every post and comment we publish. Let’s take a closer look at these members—does anything seem familiar?

@cloud_lady @z3n @KhushalParmar @agi83 

These four members giving likes to every post, comment here in the forum. Mmm.. what could go wrong?

It seems none of them isn't online. Uh... oh kind of suspicious. Well, someone can say it's just a glitch!

Now, let’s take a closer look at a recent post that was posted on April 16, 2024, at 11:17 AM(IST). Despite none of these members being marked as ‘online’ at that time, there are still likes from these so-called members.

I’m not acting childish or overly sensitive, but it frustrates me that every post on here receives bot likes, regardless of the content. At this stage, what's the point of ‘like’ button? This is the official discussion forum for Google learning community, not some social media platform to farm engagement; so annoying.