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I wouldn’t classify that as a bot as there’s still human interaction required.
by asutekku 7y ago
I wouldn’t classify that as a bot as there’s still human interaction required.
- AnthonyMouse 7y agoSo a bot farm is fine as long as you have a human intern there rubber stamping whatever content it generates?
- freefolks 7y agoAs long as it is fully disclosed that your bots are bots.
- spiznnx 7y agoI think this is generally how election texting campaigns work, in terms of human interaction required when I once tried it, due to laws against robocampains. A real human has to press a button for each text sent and then receive any replies. Probably for online, similarly one post would be allowed for each individual human approval, unless you ad the bot disclaimer.
- croon 7y agoAm I missing something or wouldn't you need one real human per bot for rubberstamping? I'm sure this is targetting bots pretending to be humans that do not exist. If you want to be personally responsible with your real face and name for everything your singular bot writes, that would still solve nearly all current bot problems.
- wccrawford 7y agoI'm pretty sure I could hit at least 2 keys repeatedly without any problems. I would probably hit keys on 4 actual keyboards without too much trouble. If I made custom keyboards with just a few choices each, I think I could probably handle half a dozen without any problems. And if I'm literally just always telling the bot "okay, go" with 1 button, I think I could handle dozens.
- croon 7y agoI think you completely missed my point. I'm not talking about practical ability, but liability. Who would those bots be? wccrawford1, wccrawford2, wccrawford3? That would not pretend to be anything other than bots or clone accounts. If on the other hand your bots would be "Brock Samson", "Joey America" and "Chip Dipsby", etc. That would clearly be non-humans pretending to be humans, regardless of you tripping the first/last domino piece.
- wccrawford 7y agoSo if every one of my bots was named Brock Samson, even though that's not my name, that would be okay? If I had live people answering, but their names were randomized, would that not be okay? I honestly don't see any real difference between naming the bots like that. Yes, some people will be less likely to think they're bots if they're all named differently. But the vast majority of people will not notice if they get contacted by several different employees/bots all named Brock Samson. Most people won't even talk to more than 1 employee in a short timeframe to even have a chance to know there was a difference.
- bengotow 7y agoReminds me of those election SMS messages. /Technically/ a human presses send on every single message so it doesn't meet the definition of SMS spam, but for all practical purposes it is.
- afiori 7y agoA nice test to implement would be that if the function of the human operator can be replaced by a dumb bot, then it is functionally a bot.
- pixl97 7y agoHeh, I'm afraid that might reclassify a large portion of the workforce that falls under the saying "I can replace you with a simple shell script"