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Why do you care if they're real or not?
by thepasswordis 3y ago
Why do you care if they're real or not?
- jjoonathan 3y agoWhen you look at those "How can I make money? / Generated Name taught me how!" astroturfed youtube comment clusters, do you see a positive contribution to the community?
- thepasswordis 3y agoIs that what the parent is describing? Even so, the problem with those comments is that they're annoying spam, not that they are annoying spam made my bots. Humans can post annoying spam too. Look at any social group that attracts pyramid schemers or get rich quick cryptocurrency schemes. Those aren't bots, they're just annoying.
- ben_w 3y agoYou can go to open-mic nights in a pub if you want, but you don't necessarily appreciate or benefit from being surprised by someone with a megaphone when you went somewhere to hang out with your friends.
- thepasswordis 3y agoThen why have a public subreddit? Maybe I'm misunderstanding OP. IT sounds like there are people on a subreddit talking about politics all the time. That's annoying, but that's also basically the behavior of most people on reddit, bot or not.
- ben_w 3y agoSame reason as the etymology of the word "pub" (public house).
- Hamuko 3y ago"Why do you care if you're talking to a human or spambot" is one of the weirdest questions I've heard in a while. Who actually wants to talk to an unidentified AI?
- des1nderlase 3y agoWell, maybe bot asked that question.