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minus-squareRedPandaRaider@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoNah Lemmy has got bots too. I’m sure there’s instances without. But any general instance with any communities around news or politics will have bots.
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThere’s a difference between news posting bots, fun bots for running gags, etc on one side and bots posing as legitimate users on the other side.
minus-squareRedPandaRaider@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-22 months agoOh I meant specifically troll / disinformation bots in comments. Not automatic news posts or something. And I guess it depends on what you define as a bot. Is a 50 cent army guy a bot if it’s still a human copy-pasting and writing disinformation?
minus-squareCyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI was speaking about bots as a piece of software, not about bots like an insult.
Nah Lemmy has got bots too. I’m sure there’s instances without. But any general instance with any communities around news or politics will have bots.
There’s a difference between news posting bots, fun bots for running gags, etc on one side and bots posing as legitimate users on the other side.
Oh I meant specifically troll / disinformation bots in comments. Not automatic news posts or something.
And I guess it depends on what you define as a bot. Is a 50 cent army guy a bot if it’s still a human copy-pasting and writing disinformation?
I was speaking about bots as a piece of software, not about bots like an insult.