47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022

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[–]SaiditNotReddit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i would say on platforms like Reddit it is WAY HIGHER....

[–]carn0ld03 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm more curious as to why the bot activity is coming from the various countries highlighted and from what businesses in those country they're created at.

[–]jerkwad152 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's probably 20% higher, at least.

[–]Ferretman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Not at all surprised.....I suspect it's actually higher.

[–]TheMaharishi 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's maybe time to go back to email & ftp. So you only communicate with people you know and only get media that's checked by a human you trust.

[–]newguy 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Surprised its not higher tbh. There's all these categorizing and mirroring and duplicating bots that are continually scanning various websites for new data to add. They might download every single page of a website multiple times a day, multiplied by how many companies and sites are running them. It's a lot of traffic.

Soon the internet will just be 99% AI making up things that are read and categorized by bots. Can you imagine an internet where humans are the vast minority?

[–]EddieC 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Bot traffic is much higher on social (control) media
according to this tweet
 

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Depressing. We can only assume there are no legal restraints on the bots due to the sheer volume of them being deployed at the leisure of those in a position of power who benefit from them. Sadly, it only further encourages the idea of a digital ID. First ruin the internet, then ruin people who use it.