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Do we feel like HN functions as a social media platform in this sense? For that matter, the LLMs here are noticeable but do they feel meaningfully “bulk” in qua
by alwa 11mo ago
Do we feel like HN functions as a social media platform in this sense? For that matter, the LLMs here are noticeable but do they feel meaningfully “bulk” in quantity? HN still feels pretty well-kempt to me
- trollbridge 11mo agoI'd venture the way these accounts work is they make literally thousands of social-media platform accounts. I have a (very) small forum (maybe 100 active users), and it gets multiple bot signups every day, almost all from Russia or other bloc/satellite countries (or laundered through an obvious VPN). If we didn't filter them, we would have tens of thousands by now making hundreds of thousands of posts per day on a forum that gets maybe 20 posts per day.
- Ancapistani 11mo agoCould it be part of a broader effort to establish a false digital footprint?