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plant@lemmy.stinky.rip 2 days agoI’m surprised to see so much response to that bit. I feel like I’ve seen that on forums or newsboards for a long time for any question that’s something that can be repurposed after some amount of time. Really just a stand-in forsomething that’s likely been asked before.
dabe@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
yeah it’s normal. llm slop has made people so distrusting lol
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 days ago
For good reason. For years bots have been making Reddit posts just to farm for content for YouTube videos or market research
plant@lemmy.stinky.rip 1 day ago
Is that a thing that happens from small instances in the fediverse? I’d assume those instances would be defederated pretty quickly if they weren’t actually using the bot flag on accounts.
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh yes it’s a thing, to a lesser extent than Reddit though obviously. In order for anything to be done about it though, the bot accounts usually have to do something that betrays the fact that they’re bot accounts though. Such as accidentally passing through a variable instead of the value, such as with your post. Hence why you will see people question you