Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agoReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square309fedilinkarrow-up11.46Karrow-down116file-text
arrow-up11.44Karrow-down1external-linkReddit if full of bots: thread reposted exactly the same, comment by comment, 10 months lateri.imgur.comBlaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 months agomessage-square309fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarefine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 months agoThis gets posted all the time, and it’s frustrating that it lacks any nuance. It’s just a spooky bedtime story… “imagine if everyone you talk to online is just a bot” Yes a lot of online content is generated. Yes it’s getting worse. Yes there’s lots of bots. However… you can choose where you spend your time online, and spend it with friends or likeminded people. What I mean to say is, some communities on reddit are “mostly dead”, but you don’t have to go there.
This gets posted all the time, and it’s frustrating that it lacks any nuance.
It’s just a spooky bedtime story… “imagine if everyone you talk to online is just a bot”
Yes a lot of online content is generated.
Yes it’s getting worse.
Yes there’s lots of bots.
However… you can choose where you spend your time online, and spend it with friends or likeminded people.
What I mean to say is, some communities on reddit are “mostly dead”, but you don’t have to go there.