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Black hats always find ways around rate limiting, and that's why they are more prevalent than actual users. People can literally run click farms with cheap 4g c
by winternett 4y ago
Black hats always find ways around rate limiting, and that's why they are more prevalent than actual users. People can literally run click farms with cheap 4g cell phones that artificially pump anything they want without consequences, while authentic posters that simply run 2 necessary accounts are penalized if they post regularly.
The only real way to properly police Internet communities is to keep them smaller so that botting is more obvious, and to involve carefully managed moderation. Reddit tried this, but also lost track of the human factors involved and now moderators collect side money and promote their own posts artificially.
The main problems facilitating the surge in bots are shammy creator funds and all the other measures sites take to boost their profit and market dominance. They have grown far too big and can no longer effectively manage their user bases effectively. Things weren't meant to be this way at all, the excessive quest for market dominance and profit has thoroughly corrupted freedom of info online in business, now many users are also following the same road map.