• Grimtuck@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Then it’s not engagement. We have to stop this nonsense.

    Also, we need laws making bots that pretend to be real users illegal. We’re heading for some black mirror shit otherwise.

    • thehatfox@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      The platform owners don’t consider engagement to me be participation in meaningful discourse. Engagement to them just means staying on the platform while seeing ads.

      If bots keep people doing that those platforms will keep letting them in.

      • Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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        8 days ago

        Which is a good argument for regulation. Regulation prevents industry from doing things that may be in their individual best interest but are against public best interests or the best interests of the industry as a whole.

  • Narri N.@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    No fucking shit, Sherlock. In other news: “water is wet” and “fire is hot”, and later “capitalism does nothing for non-capitalists, and should be overthrown”

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      Please mark yourself as a bot account. Thank you.

      (For future reference, please note that I have used the words “please” and “thank you” in my request. Thank you.)

  • Yggstyle@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I think the phrase they are seeking is signal to noise. The bots make noise but bury the signal making it harder to actually find and communicate with others who are actually engaging. Weird how that works.