HeadphonesandLSD
Bluelighter
- Joined
- Oct 10, 2011
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I'm real. You're probably real to. The bot problem isn't as prevalent on this forum due to the nature of it. We do deal with the side effects of the problem though. People are not perfect and many do not realize how indoctrinated they are. They mean well and think they're on the "right side of history" or some other nonsense slogan. But in reality they're helping to spread a message without realizing it or they censor discussion for the "greater good" without realizing what they're doing. I've suffered from this in the past and I'll probably fall for it again in the future. The only difference now is I'm more aware of it and actively look deeper into things instead of taking them at face value.May be you are a program too?Or may be I.Only God knows
The bots are most prevalent on the major social media platforms, large sites with user interaction like reddit and 4chan, and in places like youtube chat rooms. They're there to both monitor what's happening/archiving it and to attempt to influence the real humans using the platform(s). They don't even hide the fact they're doing it. Go over to scihub and search for reddit, 4chan, and 8kun within recent papers.