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How do we know that the people on reddit aren't talking to bots? Now, or in the future? what about lemmy?

Even If I am on a human instance that checks every account on PII, what about those other instances? How do I know as a server admin that I can trust another instance?

I don't talk about spam bots. Bots that resemble humans. Bots that use statistical information of real human beings on when and how often to post and comment (that is public knowledge on lemmy).

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago

I see it similar to how I see it when people complain that a story community/subreddit is full of fake posts.

I don't care.

I go to those communities for entertainment, not 100% unbiased fact.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

The grammar and spelling errors

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Could a bot do this?

(You can't see me, but trust me, it's very impressive)

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 2 points 3 months ago

I enjoy the platform, whether you guys are bots or humans

[–] BodePlotHole@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I am a bot, and I'm super not-happy about it.

[–] aliser@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

we all are part of a simulation. sorry.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No bot would post the bizarre and horrifying shit that I post

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[–] daggermoon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago (8 children)
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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago

Spelling errors probably. Lol

That and incorrect Grammer. To human is to err. And all that jaz.

[–] hmmm@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

I am fycking a bot how I can prove it?

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

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[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Everyone on Lemmy is a bot except you

[–] axby@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

I like how Mastodon lets you post links to things like your personal website or GitHub, and show a “verified” check next to them if you add something to your site/github to indicate that you’re the owner.

I don’t really use Bluesky but I like how they let you use your domain name as a username.

It probably rules out bots but I assume propaganda/troll farms could still do this.

Another thing I was thinking of is if there could be separate moderation lists that people could subscribe to. Maybe one basic one for “obviously spam”, but others for people who are suspected of being bots. I’m sure there would be abuse and echo chambers, but if anyone can create and many people can contribute to a list, people could just go with whatever list they prefer, perhaps looking at the blocked content itself to see if the list is implemented well.

I think some people used Reddit enhancement suite to tag users that they interact with. I like that idea but have never gone to the effort, and don’t usually read usernames enough to remember people. So a crowdsourced version of that might work.

[–] FLOOF@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 months ago

You have entered a low-grade reality. Basically an 80s text adventure. Truth, depth and humanity have been thrown out the window.

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