Post #3494139
2026-06-30 17:04 UTC
What is the purpose of bots posting on Lemmy? There’s no karma, no real advertising, and data scraping can be done without posting.
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@Tippy@sh.itjust.works 2026-06-30 17:36
Astroturfing, trolling, testing whether the average commentor can gauge whether they’re arguing with a bot someone has been tweaking, who knows. It’s really not something I expend a lot of effort or thought on, I’ve just found a lot of accounts that I question the authenticity of based on odd activity, personally.