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  buffgecko · Member · Nov 14, 2021 at 5:55 pm

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  Hi, everytime I make a new post I instantaneously receive a Like on that post from a user who appears to be a Bot. How can I block this user / bot? Thanks.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Nov 15, 2021 at 5:34 am

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  Hi there,

  Can you tell me the username of the user who is liking, and give a link to a recent post they’ve liked?

  It’s not possible to block a specific person from viewing, following, or interacting with posts on a public website, but we do have measures in place to prevent abuse of the Like feature, which includes preventing automated liking by bots. So most likely this is just someone who have email or browser notifications enabled for new posts on your site, so they see new posts right away when you post them.

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  buffgecko · Member · Nov 15, 2021 at 5:50 am

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  Hi, ok…the user is “Sebastian” (https://www.relatocorto.com/) and they seem to like each post immediately after it is posted.

  If it’s a real person, then no problem, that’s fine. But it just seems suspicious and is kind of annoying.

  Thanks for your help.

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  fstat · Staff · Nov 15, 2021 at 8:16 am

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  Hi there,

  Thank you for reporting them. I have notified our Terms of Service team and they’ll handle this.

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  buffgecko · Member · Nov 15, 2021 at 1:38 pm

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  Thank you sir.