Potential Bots Photoshopping Profile Printed Pics?

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Hey all,

I encountered something odd, twice, so I thought I’d share and see if other’s have seen it too.

A user messaged me on MakerWorld:
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And then they added a profile to one of my models that clearly photoshopped another user’s image. I reported it and it was taken down, oddly though, a different user later did the same exact thing:
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This “other” user then did the same thing and added a photoshopped image to a different model of mine:
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Anyone else see something like this?

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I can say only people try everything to get some points.

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This poor cutout technique made me laugh

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Looks like the two users’ profile photos are the same image cropped into different locations. The horizon is about the same and the grass is identical :joy:

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A new form of a profile leach? :eye: Sounds like another good reason MW should allow the creators to police their own uploads.

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I noticed the exact same thing from multiple accounts on some of my models:

  • profile photo of green grass
  • they send you a DM at the exact same time as the profile is uploaded so most likely a script/bot.
  • photoshopped or mirrored image stolen from a genuine user
  • weird user profile descriptions: something like “very good” or “enamoured” and then a random long number, e.g 1780769 - I assume some sort of bot ID, or to fill a character limit?

I’ve reported them to MW and they have removed the profiles from my models, but MW ignored their other print profiles despite being an obvious bot account.

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