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presumably most people running these bots are doing it for some financial gain. as long gain > cost the issue won't go away. It'll stop the ones doing it for t
by slidehero 4mo ago
presumably most people running these bots are doing it for some financial gain. as long gain > cost the issue won't go away.
It'll stop the ones doing it for the lols, but I imagine they're a minority anyway.
- kdheiwns 4mo agoWould be great to have some sort of bot trap that would just drain a dollar here and there from AI slopologists and shadowban their accounts to only interact with other AI accounts.
- hylaride 4mo agoOr swaying opinions on hot topics. It's interesting to see how much more often politics gets injected into forums (reddit or elsewhere) on completely unrelated topics. Sometimes it's subtle, like a "signature" promoting out of the mainstream causes that then slowly make it look more mainstream. Almost all geographic subreddits (for cities/states) are overwhelmed by rage baiting posts and comment. This got worse when reddit did the moderation changes a few years ago when they went public. To them it probably just looks like more "engagement". I have no doubt various nation state actors are backing a lot of this.