• Discoslugs@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are any of these accounts bots?

    Or maybe how many of these accounts are bots?

    Are they all bots?

    • Martineski@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Around 95% accounts are bots. Around 90% if we are positive and assume that a lot of redditors joined since the bot farming started.

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        1 year ago

        So what are the Bots doing? Who created them and why? I don’t understand the purpose of bots.

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          1 year ago

          Currently nothing but once activated they may start spamming stuff everywhere. Owners can decide what gets upvotes and what gets downvotes which gives you a lot of power on a platform where downvotes/upvotes mean everything.

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            1 year ago

            Still don’t get it - someone makes a comment, bots upvote it so it gets seen by more people. Not really going to change the world.

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              1 year ago

              They don’t want to change the world. They want to let you know about hot singles in your area

              • paciencia@lemmy.world
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                1 year ago

                IM IN YOUR AREA IM IN YOUR AREA I KNOW THE FIRST THREE NUMBERS, IM IN I KNOW THE FIRST THREE NUMBERS, IM IN TEACHIN BITCHES HOW TO SWIM TEACHIN BITCHES HOW TO SWIM