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My god this thread is filled with bot responses. We have a problem to address, friends.
by piker 8mo ago
My god this thread is filled with bot responses. We have a problem to address, friends.
- louiereederson 8mo agoCare to elaborate?
- piker 8mo agoSure. If you turn on "show dead" you will see half a dozen green-named (i.e., recently established) accounts that are obviously "agents". They're clogging up the pipe with noise. We as a collective are well-positioned to fight back and help protect the commons from the monster we have created.
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- WolfeReader 8mo agoI am simultaneously grateful that you told us about this, and also kind of wish I didn't know. There's so much.
- rob 8mo agoIt's even worse. They're not limited to new accounts. I've seen a lot of bots now from accounts that are literally years old but with zero activity that suddenly start posting a lot of comments within a span of 24 to 48 hours. I have some examples of them if you search my recent comments.
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- MicKillah 8mo agoWelp, I just might get flagged by your method then. I lurk extensively on this site. I haven’t figured out how to “fit in”.
- thethirdone 8mo agoYou would not. You don't normally post lots of comments. The occasional return after a long period of inactivity is not in itself suspicious.
- AstroBen 8mo agoI've seen this too. What's confusing is they don't seem to be accomplishing anything? They're not pushing products What's the point? To prime the account for later?
- thomasingalls 8mo ago"can the bot army push average opinion x% in this innocuous topic?" it could very easily be a/b testing a propaganda system.
- louiereederson 8mo agoWow thank you, I didn't know about this feature
- joewhale 8mo agoThat’s what a bot would say to fit in.
- SV_BubbleTime 8mo ago[flagged]
- throwaway314155 8mo agoThey’re all downvoted into oblivion. Seems like the system (here) is working.
- ohyoutravel 8mo agoThe system should not allow them to exist.
- throwaway314155 8mo agoWell until there’s an accurate LLM detector, that’s as good as it gets.
- ohyoutravel 8mo agoThis is why we have bad things in the first place :(
- DaedalusII 8mo agowe need to introduce a voight-kampff test to replace captcha
- igorpcosta 8mo agotell me about it, it's so frustrating