▲ 444 ▼ At least on Lemmy people are real (lemmy.world) submitted 11 months ago by BoredGamer@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 84 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 3 points 11 months ago (2 children) Nah Lemmy has got bots too. I'm sure there's instances without. But any general instance with any communities around news or politics will have bots. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) There's a difference between news posting bots, fun bots for running gags, etc on one side and bots posing as legitimate users on the other side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 7 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Oh I meant specifically troll / disinformation bots in comments. Not automatic news posts or something. And I guess it depends on what you define as a bot. Is a 50 cent army guy a bot if it's still a human copy-pasting and writing disinformation? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago I was speaking about bots as a piece of software, not about bots like an insult. permalink fedilink source parent [–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2 points 11 months ago The nice part is that Lemmy admins like myself can crowdsource bot bans across federated instances. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 11 months ago (1 child) There's a difference between news posting bots, fun bots for running gags, etc on one side and bots posing as legitimate users on the other side. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 7 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Oh I meant specifically troll / disinformation bots in comments. Not automatic news posts or something. And I guess it depends on what you define as a bot. Is a 50 cent army guy a bot if it's still a human copy-pasting and writing disinformation? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago I was speaking about bots as a piece of software, not about bots like an insult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RedPandaRaider@feddit.org 7 points 11 months ago* (1 child) Oh I meant specifically troll / disinformation bots in comments. Not automatic news posts or something. And I guess it depends on what you define as a bot. Is a 50 cent army guy a bot if it's still a human copy-pasting and writing disinformation? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago I was speaking about bots as a piece of software, not about bots like an insult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 11 months ago I was speaking about bots as a piece of software, not about bots like an insult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 2 points 11 months ago The nice part is that Lemmy admins like myself can crowdsource bot bans across federated instances. permalink fedilink source parent