• @justgohomealready@lemmy.pt
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    2 years ago

    At least one post defending spez in r/programming has been shown to be chatGPT, that’s for sure. If they have one bot, who’s to say they don’t have thousands?

    • @Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      22 years ago

      I can’t tell you how many 1-2 year old accounts I saw with little to no post history that popped out of the woodwork to defend reddit/spez. It was crazy.

      Same for spam/ shill accounts on iPhone/ Google play reviews.

      They’re definitely trying to plug the holes with bubble gum instead of fixing/ addressing the problem which is spez and the 3rd party app/api ban.

      • @oneofthemladygoats@lemmy.ca
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        12 years ago

        I’m curious about this as well, because the lurkers in the montreal sub sure are quick to come out of the woodwork whenever the protest is mentioned. I can’t see how it’s not bots, but I’m curious about how that would work exactly and how you determine that