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> HN has gotten absolutely innundated with bots last few months. hm, the whole internet really, youtube, reddit, twitter, facebook, blog posts, food recipes,

• skeptic_ai 8mo ago
  All will be fixed with real id attestation /s
  • Lucasoato 8mo ago
    Not exactly, bot farms can still be made with poor people IDs through black market. I don't know what the solution is going to be, but at some point we might forced to accept the reality that on the internet humans and AI won't be distinguishable anymore and adjust our services independently on the client being a person or a machine.
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    • 8cvor6j844qw_d6 8mo ago
      ID verification with video capture for every post on an attested device. lets bring back Chrome's WEI while we're at it /s
    • e2le 8mo ago
      That is a probable outcome however it would at least cap or limit the ability of bot farms to produce industrial sludge content.
    • skeptic_ai 8mo ago
      Face ID check every 5 minutes to confirm it’s really you.
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• sunaookami 8mo ago
  I find the bigger problem with online comments are that people repeat the same comments and "jokes" over and over and over again. Sure we had those with YouTube 15 years ago when people always spammed "first!" and "who is listening in <year>?" but now it's gotten worse and every single comment is now just some meme (especially on Reddit) or some kind of "gotcha"...
  • lm28469 8mo ago
    > I find the bigger problem with online comments are that people repeat the same comments and "jokes" over and over and over again. And bots reposting a trending post from like 12 years ago to farm internet points... with other bots reposting the top comments of the initial post