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Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well (www.theverge.com)
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[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

No shit. We pressure platforms to REMOVE bots, not add native ones

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 20 points 7 months ago (1 children)

This was such a bad idea

Through and through one of the stupidest business ideas I’ve ever heard.

[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 14 points 7 months ago

*The stupidest idea you’ve ever heard yet.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 7 months ago

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I wonder how advertisers feel about this. If these bot profiles have all the same access as regular users I'm sure they'd interact with advertisements in some way but aren't even real people.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 7 months ago

That's called "click fraud."

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 2 points 7 months ago

I'm pretty sure those bots just answer to stuff and don't surf the page like regular visitors

I have to admit, I didn't really look into it, but hooking in the bot, just as a real user, to the typically front-end doesn't really sound efficient