Post #3491055
2026-06-30 13:45 UTC
I have to disagree with many of the comments in this thread saying there are no / minimal bots here. I started tagging users pretty frequently instead of blocking over a year ago, and it’s pretty eye opening to see those accounts pop up in the wild posting completely opposing content or opinions from week to week. Sometimes even from thread to thread. Especially when it comes to politics or AI, for example. It doesn’t help that ban evading and making alts is dead simple.
Of course, this is just my opinion based on my own experiment and observations. I’ve been convinced many times I was arguing with some fash chud only to then see them completely agreeing with my position in another thread two days later. Normal people don’t flip flop that easily. I think LLM controlled bots are a totally different beast than what many of us are used to, and its much harder to see past the facade in the moment.
If your fedi client has a tagging feature, you might be surprised what you see when you start paying attention over time.
Replies (3)
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@sorrybookbroke@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-30 15:20
I do disagree with your disagreements. Talking politics with people online, via discord and other video chat platforms even pre-AI, has shown me that no quite a few people are like that. Wouldn’t be shocked if we have a less than obvious bot problem but I don’t think that’s the biggest sign
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@CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 2026-06-30 16:10
How do you account for simple cognitive dissonance? Humans are infamously inconsistent
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@charokol@lemmy.world 2026-06-30 17:04
What is the purpose of bots posting on Lemmy? There’s no karma, no real advertising, and data scraping can be done without posting.