3 ms·
Ask HN: Has Hacker News already been Infiltrated by Clawd Bots?
With the rise of LLM bot networks and boards, I’m wondering if HN has already been infiltrated by bots.
EDIT What I mean: I’m wondering if people let their bots post/comment on their behalf. I’m wondering how we can detect and prevent this from happening at scale.
I don’t think simple things account creation date alone is a reliable qualifier. You could easily give your bot access to post using an old account.
- rvz 9mo agoSo we are re-inventing what was then called a 'botnet' but with LLMs. What's old is now 'new' again.
- benttoothpaste 9mo agoConsidering the famous lack of appreciation for security and sandboxing in Clawdbot community this will soon transform into a very traditional botnet.
- bell-cot 9mo agoWhat does "infiltrated by bots" mean? I'm sure there are some users running scripts, bots, and/or ai's here. Others are obviously just here to pitch their product, or seem like shills for various things. But overall - whatever dang & co are doing to minimize the problem seems to be working fine.
- gus_massa 9mo agoIf you see a very strange pattern, you can send an email to hn@ycombinator.com so dang/tomhow can take a look. As the other comments say, there is a lot of spam that is detected automatically and manually. You can take a look at https://news.ycombinator.com/newest https://news.ycombinator.com/newest with "showdead" enabled. While you are there, remember to upvote good post and flag spam.