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You would think it would be trivial for an enterprising network scientist at these social media companies to identify these pods.
by Invictus0 5y ago
You would think it would be trivial for an enterprising network scientist at these social media companies to identify these pods.
- acoard 5y agoI know of at least one person/group that does that here on HN, or at least did ~3-5 years ago. Honestly, there's no incentive to stop this type of work. IG wants engagement; comment pods are peak engagement, you've programmed yourself to beat the machine.
- kjkjadksj 5y agoThere would be no point. Big brands use these techniques and they are the clients for these social media companies.
- meowzero 5y agoI would say most people with a lot of comments are using pods already. If you've used pods, you'll immediately know if most of the comments come from pods. Also, I highly doubt any engagement on social media is genuine. Some people go through random profiles and mass like, comment, follow them hoping for reciprocity. There are bots that do that for your from your account. IG frowns upon that. But some bots have gotten sophisticated enough to randomize their likes/comments/etc to look more human. It's all a big game.
- arolihas 5y agoPods don’t really hurt social media companies though.