#blocking bots

I'm about to block and report all of the bots, and I want to make sure I don't accidentally report and block a real person. Does your blog look like this on the following list?

If you didn't change your icon, and your blog name is 'untitled' or 'sin titulo', I will think you're a bot! As you can see there are many and they're following in droves and on tumblr we have to block them so they don't overtake the site.

Please put any kind of picture as your icon, or even just one post, reblogged or written, on your blog, me (and others) don't block and report you, thinking you're malicious spam!

Bots follow blogs because it gives them a link to a legitimate person on the internet, which makes them look more legitimate, so they could gather clicks and be shown in search results. If you're worried of being perceived as a bot, you can just post 'hey i'm not a bot, don't block me' on your blog, and you're safe!

*i'm not posting much fluff anymore but it's still something i write so ofc what i stated in the past still stands, if you're a minor you can interact with those works and talk to me about sfw things but you still have to be 16 (if you're younger get out thanks)

I just got followed by a bunch of people and had to block six of them because they were porn bots or looked like bots. I wanted to let you know that if your blog looks like that and you’re not the enemy, you look like the enemy so I’ll block you like the enemy.

When (if at all) should you block someone (what are good indicators, for example: is following someone without first likung any content a certain sign?)

What (if there is any) damage could otherwise be done to us by bots?