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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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[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

There is 4 Rs in the word strawberry

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I AM NOT A ROBOT.

I CAN PROVE IT.

WOULD A ROBOT PRETENDING TO BE A HUMAN INTENTIONALLY DROP THEIR CONN%~~~~~~#!!!!! No Carrier

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Tap for spoilerDoctor Turing enters the chat

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[–] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean to build up a realistic bot takes time and effort. And then you need to do that for different topics AND different sides on these to build any sort of credibility in each to actually have an impact for the topic you want to push at some moment.

You can not use the same profile for everything, like to one moment push republican nonsense and then suddenly Dems. Or one company and then their competitor.

But the biggest thing is: most people are so stupid, it would be way too much effort. Trump got voted. Again. That is all you need to know about how easily people follow the most utter bullshit.

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[–] piyuv@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Lemmy is too niche to spend money on running bots. There’s no profit, nothing to achieve. Reddit, on the other hand…

[–] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That’s bot talk!

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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ask how many 'r's in the word 'strawberry'

[–] Mahalio@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Atleast one

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[–] AnthropomorphicCat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everybody is a bot except you.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nice try, FISTO. We all know it's you.

Beep boop

I-was-built-for-fisting

Actually, I'm not. I have big hands...

[–] rosco385@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do you know your own mother is real and not some holodeck character or maybe even just a figment if your imagination, or worse, a figment of MY imagination?

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[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

My opinions and grammar are far too poor to be a bot.

[–] IronKrill@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Sorry, you hit your message limit for the free tier of KrillAI. Upgrade to the Gold tier of KrillAI to gain unlimited messaging. Toodloo!

[–] MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Beep boop. All of my human organs are still contained in my human flesh.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I am human. I too poop out of my anus.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I don't think there's an easy way to snuff out the more advanced chatbots.

The next possible step could be moderating in a way that messes with the bots possible goals. (Info gathering, division)

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