Has anyone noticed a large percentage of shill accounts lately?
submitted 2 years ago by Zapped from (self.whatever)
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[–]hennaojichan 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun - 2 years ago (4 children)
It's not new and some are bots. It's been going on since Saidit started taking off. So be careful who you talk to. Strange that it's a reflection of the world IRL.
[–]Zapped[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (3 children)
I know of the Americans bot and it's alts, but it only creates posts and comments without context. Do any of the bots interact with real users here, that you know of?
[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (2 children)
That's a good question. I can't give you any examples. I hope some other users can answer.
[–]Zapped[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (1 child)
I've heard that there are bots that can carry conversations with users, but it seems they always trip up along the way or eventually say something strange or off-topic.
[–]hennaojichan 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 2 years ago (0 children)
But then so do the human users, including me.
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