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People probably didn't see the other post, but both posts are several paragraphs and posted the same minute. No human would do that. Its also a new account tha
by Jensson 9mo ago
People probably didn't see the other post, but both posts are several paragraphs and posted the same minute. No human would do that.
Its also a new account that only posted these two posts.
- coldpie 9mo agoGood spot, thanks for pointing it out. I normally don't like the LLM accusation posts, but two posts from a brand new user in the same minute is a pretty huge red flag for bad behavior. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886472 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46886470
- rob 9mo agoThis is another bot I pointed out yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Soerensen https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=Soerensen Their comment got flagged, but looks like they made a new one today and is still active. That account ('Soerensen') was created in 2024 and dormant until it made a bunch of detailed comments in the past 24-48 hrs. Some of them are multiple paragraph comments posted within 1 minute of each other. One thing I've noticed is that they seem to be getting posted from old/inactive/never used accounts. Are they buying them? Creating a bunch and waiting months/years before posting? Either way, both look like they're fooling people here. And getting better at staying under the radar until they slip up in little ways like this.
- josefresco 9mo agoI wonder if it's actual users with dormant accounts who just setup their Moltbot?
- hypfer 9mo agoSome, maybe, but that's just another nice layer of plausible deniability. The truth is that the internet is both(what's the word for 'both' when you have three(four?) things?) dead, an active cyber- and information- warzone and a dark forest. I suppose it was fun while it lasted. At least we still have mostly real people in our local offline communities.
- js2 9mo agoGives this old cartoon new meaning, I suppose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet%2C_nobody_know...
- datsci_est_2015 9mo agoOld account, fresh comments - to make it more clear. Freaky.