I wonder how advertisers feel about this. If these bot profiles have all the same access as regular users I’m sure they’d interact with advertisements in some way but aren’t even real people.
Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well
Submitted 1 year ago by leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show to news@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/3/24334946/meta-ai-profiles-instagram-facebook-bots
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TommySoda@lemmy.world 1 year ago
naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure those bots just answer to stuff and don’t surf the page like regular visitors
I have to admit, I didn’t really look into it, but hooking in the bot, just as a real user, to the typically front-end doesn’t really sound efficient
Telorand@reddthat.com 1 year ago
That’s called “click fraud.”
RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No shit. We pressure platforms to REMOVE bots, bot add native ones
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
This was such a bad idea
Through and through one of the stupidest business ideas I’ve ever heard.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 year ago
*The stupidest idea you’ve ever heard yet.
chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
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