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There are so many bots/trolls on HN now, it's crazy.
by jesseendahl 5mo ago
There are so many bots/trolls on HN now, it's crazy.
- arealaccount 5mo ago[flagged]
- 2ndorderthought 5mo agoI tried codex but found out it's not about how the model is but it's really about how Claude is better.
- Freedom2 5mo agoAre they initiating or continuing curious discussion? If so, then by all means they are following the most important HN guidelines so nothing can really be done.
- fc417fc802 5mo agoUnfortunately there's a large grey zone (IMO) between what the rules forbid and curious discussion that's productive. Those that seek to game the system don't generally stand out as bad actors since that would hinder their goals.
- tomhow 5mo agoBot/AI generated comments are specifically against the guidelines (and also implicitly, given the fact that bots aren't curious).
- wallst07 5mo agoHow do you 100% determine a comment is form a bot/troll?
- IAmGraydon 5mo agoSimple. He just finds a comment he doesn’t like and attributes it to a bot because surely all real people agree with him and his infallible sense of things.
- AnimalMuppet 5mo ago100%? You don't. But when you see people confidently stating unreasonable things in short posts, it's a common tip-off for a bot/shill/zealot/troll. When they assume a starting point that is two standard deviations out of most peoples' Overton Window, and they don't defend it, just kind of "Of course X is true", that's someone who is blasting propaganda, not having a reasonable discussion. They just want to say "X is true" enough times that people start to believe it. As I said, that's not 100%. For any individual instance, you can look at their posting history. But for a comment section, when you start to see such posts taking over more and more of the discussion, you can say that the discussion has been taken over with very close to 100% certainty, even if you can't be certain about any one post.