Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free
Flagstaff@programming.dev 9 hours agoTrolls, bots, and scammers make them necessary, at a minimum, and then the subliminal messaging from the cronies of politicians, etc. make them welcome. Bots are easier to make than ever before so you can’t compare the past with the present that easily. kbin.social died last year because of relentless spam bots posting garbage/malware links 100x/sec.
doodledup@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Computer bots always act a certain predictable way. You can filter out most bots easily based on time-based filters or other algorithms. The rest should not be moderated, except for illegal things like selling weapons, drugs, or hiring a hitman.
RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
That hasn’t been true for a long time. Filtering bots has increasingly become more difficult, expensive, and sophisticated. Not to mention that there are still plenty of state sponsored bad actors using real people and hybrid approaches.
joel_feila@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
And the extremism follow.