Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhat's your take on the bots here?message-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your take on the bots here?Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up46arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoI think this sufficiently sums up my take: The fact that that’s an option at all makes Lemmy considerably better than Reddit.
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·3 days agoProblem is it requires bot runners to be honest.
minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 days agoYou can probably get your instance admin to ban any bot accounts that aren’t being honest, which is also a step up for Reddit.
minus-squareJiminaMann@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agohow do we distinguish bots from real accounts?
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoCan bots respond to direct messages or replies?
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIn theory you can write scripts with Selenium to do anything a regular user would do. Most bots have limits but it’s always possible to basically write scripts that virtually click buttons, write content, post content, etc.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoIf we want to, how do we disincentive them?
I think this sufficiently sums up my take:
The fact that that’s an option at all makes Lemmy considerably better than Reddit.
Problem is it requires bot runners to be honest.
You can probably get your instance admin to ban any bot accounts that aren’t being honest, which is also a step up for Reddit.
how do we distinguish bots from real accounts?
Can bots respond to direct messages or replies?
yes
In theory you can write scripts with Selenium to do anything a regular user would do. Most bots have limits but it’s always possible to basically write scripts that virtually click buttons, write content, post content, etc.
If we want to, how do we disincentive them?