this post was submitted on 23 May 2024
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I see Google's deal with Reddit is going just great...

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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

and yet if you actually read the very visible timestamp on the shared image, you'd see "11y ago", which would tell you fairly clearly what is what

pretty equal hypotheses indeed! you're a master cognician!

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago

[✔️ ] marked safe from the basilisk

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bots have been around for a long time. I started Reddit in 2014 and bots were prolific.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sure, but they were also much more primitive, mostly simple replies or copying other comments.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

mostly simple replies

There were some really good ones. Most of us didn't realize what they were at first, myself included. They're a lot like what's here on Lemmy, we don't qualify for the live propaganda people and the good ones. NOT that I want them to show up, they are very, very good.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago

Sure very good ones, and not a 'use simple botting commands for simple answers, and as soon as you encounter something weird get a real human to react'

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah, how thoughtful and concise an attempt at backtracking from how thoroughly you put your foot in it

Doesn’t seem to have been successful though