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For the threads with the older one on the left: https://lemmy.world/post/14859950
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Now do Lemmy.
Lemmy will be full of bots too if it grows big enough. Enjoy the fleeting moment
Definitely, but we're still quite far from that from a userbase size perspective
Yeah when it reaches that stage we will be brooding on lemmy_alternatives@lemmy to escape the corporate once more
This is incredible. Like, it was always obvious from a gut feeling or seeing comments reposted in the exact same thread, but this makes it even more obvious.
This is nothing new, pun intended.
r/FluentinFinance is just five different accounts made less than a year ago that reposting the same political twitter screenshots with the exact same titles that all get boosted to the front page every time. Idk if everyone there is too caught up in arguing the same points they made a week ago to notice or if everyone who eventually finds out gets banned.
I more and more think that the only way to manage online community is via invites. There are major downsides (difficulty of bootstrapping and reduced anonymity) but it gives a way to combat this. If a significant number of the users you have invited are bots you get your invite privileges revoked (or you get banned). It creates a chain of accountability and you can ban as high as necessary to severe the corrupted branch.
Not just Reddit every website I go to now I see this. Even on official game forums like World of Warcraft. Using to promote content or advertise in a way that tries to be organic.
My favorite are the YouTube comments saying to follow Jesus or whatever regardless of the actual content of the video. Who is that even for? LOL
How the fuck is this even possible?
*Does this have to be done by Reddit itself? That's the only way I can think of, but I really have no idea how it works.
The only possible benefit to this kind of behavior is creating the impression that there's more traffic on Reddit than there really is, from which only Reddit benefits.
Historically bot posts are from people looking to sell accounts
I'm mildly annoyed the recent thread is on the left not the right, but this is super interesting so thanks for sharing! 🤖
Feel free to edit the image to change the order, I would update the post with the updated version!
has someone reached out to u/A-Seashell to let them know they’ll never get an answer :’(
I remember when the narwhal used to bacon only at midnight.
Now the narwhal is forced to bacon continuously.
This kills the narwhal.
I saw it a lot but didn't know it was the comments too.
Should be illegal, this website needs to disappear once and for all.
I hope someone will create an extension to flag them
They lost so many users they needed the "engagement" numbers for the IPO so they opened the flood gate. Now they are stuck with an issue they can't fix without admitting the fraud.
Dead internet.
Interesting 🤔 Can you prove that you're a human?
I can't get the captchas with the motorcycles, ever. I thought i was human but captcha dont lie
Captchas are like hips that way.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Internet_theory
I didn’t believe this when I first heard about it but it’s looking more true everyday
I have a more realistic description of "Dead Internet Theory" that involves no conspiracy theories:
The Internet is becoming a monoculture, which is killing the vibrant, diverse, resilient, innovative space it used to be. Manifestos about a better way of life, and creative personal websites have been replaced with vapid social status posts in bland bootstrap layouts that double as data collection schemes. Technology that empowers people has been replaced with technology to restrict people. Bots masquerading as people is just the cherry on the sundae, the inevitable outcome of having created such a monoculture, a place where large orchards of content are so easy to pollute. The modern Internet ducking sucks, it has been ruined by people.
Reading the Wikipedia it seems quite unlikely, but then again maybe it’s also written by a bot.
Yeah, even if we're not quite "there" yet, it feels like we're at least moving in that direction