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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-up7·2 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.
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.