I expect the large social media platforms to emphasize verification that accounts are controlled by real humans even if they are pseudonymous. X (formerly Twitt

I expect the large social media platforms to emphasize verification that accounts are controlled by real humans even if they are pseudonymous. X (formerly Twitter) is already heading in this direction. AI social media accounts and even accounts where they're unsure if the account is a genuine human or AI are likely to end up shadowbanned. I suspect newer platforms and small enclaves that want to be larger will be tempted to use AI. Reddit's founders infamously created fake accounts and put fake posts on their platform when it started to make it look active.[0] That was actually a pretty common technique to address the "chicken and egg" dilemma that every new forum has: Nobody wants to join a forum that has no posts and no active users but the forum won't get posts or active users unless somebody joins. AI can solve this problem much more efficiently than if the founders are writing the fake posts. [0]: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddit-founders-made-hundreds-of-fake-profiles-so-site-looked-popular/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/reddi...