Yes, but that’s like saying cutting trees is the same game when it went from handsaws to today’s harvesters. Technically they do the same thing, but the scale and efficiency is a world apart.
Comment on Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say
scarabic@lemmy.world 6 days agoThe thing is people were persuaded to GAF. We hear “driven by bots” and we think “oh so it was fake.” But bots are merely the PR mechanism of choice in 2025. In prior decades it might have been AM radio and a bunch of press releases faxed around or influence networks pumping the talk shows for airtime. But the game has always been the same. It’s only the tools that have changed.
RightEdofer@lemmy.ca 5 days ago
scarabic@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Oh I completely agree. My point is that just because it was driven by bots doesn’t mean it was fake and therefore we can ignore it (I believe some people have that perception when they hear that some online uproar was driven by bots).
IWW4@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
Absolutely!