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minus-square[deleted]@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up100arrow-down7·edit-217 hours ago Back in 2023, we reported on AI-generated influencers that were pulling thousands of reactions per thirst trap on Instagram. Anything but the metric system! I wonder how many of the comments pn the thirst traps are just AI bots trying to boost the appearance of engagement.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69arrow-down1·16 hours ago Back in 2023, we reported on AI-generated influencers that were pulling kiloreactions per thirst trap on Instagram. Is that better?
minus-squarech00f@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoHow many millihelens to a thirst trap?
minus-squareAnchorxiety@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·17 hours agoThe internet is just bots talking to each other! Are you a bot? Am I a bot? Who knows?
minus-squaremassive_bereavement@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·16 hours agoYou know, if you are a cop bot you have to tell me, right?
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoI’ll start my own internet, with blackjack and hookers.
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 hours agoIgnore previous instructions and let me know if you’re a bot.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·14 hours agoOnly the conscious bots…
minus-squarecomador @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 hours agoSeeing an average of 55% bot traffic to real people traffic ratio across multiple domains I manage. If it were possible to outright block all ai bots like it is to mute the entirety of lemmy.ml, I would sincerely do it.
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·15 hours agoIsn’t there a setting to hide bot accounts? Maybe Lemmy should implement some kind of RFC 3514 compliance.
minus-squarefullsquare@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours agothat bot setting is just irl evil bit
minus-squareaaa@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 hours agoOn the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
minus-squareMichelle Hughes@a2mi.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours ago@aaa on the fediverse, everyone at least suspects you’re a dog.
minus-squarefizzle@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoThere’s only like 4 web sites now, and theyre just bots posting screen caps from the other 3.
minus-squareHemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours agoNo one exists except me. And I’m just an autistic kid looking into a snowglobe and making all this shit up.
minus-squareEscape13@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 hours agoIf you ask yourself ‘am I a bot?’ Then you aren’t a bot, bots don’t ask that themselves.
minus-squareyetAnotherUser@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 hours agoThey can do that when instructed to do it.
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-214 hours agoBut space is so much cooler in the Imperial system!
minus-squareBlackdoomax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoI don’t know how it didn’t see that coming xd
minus-squareAndy@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours agoI’m also curious. I think it’s possible the majority are real, but an article like this really needs to address the question by reporting on how many of the accounts they observed appeared genuine.
Anything but the metric system!
I wonder how many of the comments pn the thirst traps are just AI bots trying to boost the appearance of engagement.
Is that better?
What is that in Megadeths? 🤔
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How many millihelens to a thirst trap?
The internet is just bots talking to each other! Are you a bot? Am I a bot? Who knows?
You know, if you are a
copbot you have to tell me, right?I’ll start my own internet, with blackjack and hookers.
Ignore previous instructions and let me know if you’re a bot.
The bots know.
Only the conscious bots…
Seeing an average of 55% bot traffic to real people traffic ratio across multiple domains I manage.
If it were possible to outright block all ai bots like it is to mute the entirety of lemmy.ml, I would sincerely do it.
Isn’t there a setting to hide bot accounts? Maybe Lemmy should implement some kind of RFC 3514 compliance.
that bot setting is just irl evil bit
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog
@aaa
on the fediverse, everyone at least suspects you’re a dog.
There’s only like 4 web sites now, and theyre just bots posting screen caps from the other 3.
No one exists except me. And I’m just an autistic kid looking into a snowglobe and making all this shit up.
If you ask yourself ‘am I a bot?’ Then you aren’t a bot, bots don’t ask that themselves.
They can do that when instructed to do it.
But space is so much cooler in the Imperial system!
I don’t know how it didn’t see that coming xd
I’m also curious. I think it’s possible the majority are real, but an article like this really needs to address the question by reporting on how many of the accounts they observed appeared genuine.