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This is not just Amazon’s problem. App store ratings, Reddit comments, Twitter/FB feeds, and Net Neutrality comments are all gamed. We are living in the age of
by perseusprime11 9y ago
This is not just Amazon’s problem. App store ratings, Reddit comments, Twitter/FB feeds, and Net Neutrality comments are all gamed. We are living in the age of human controlled bots looking to manipulate other humans through what we read.
- mathgenius 9y agoYeah, these are all "message passing" algorithms, like belief propagation. The whole financial system itself is another good example of this.
- perseusprime11 9y agoI hope Hacker News will be the last bastion for fake comments. At least, I have never seen bots lurking around on Hacker News.
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