Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 miesiące temuWhat's your take on the bots here?message-squaremessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your take on the bots here?Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 miesiące temumessage-square31fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKoboldCoterie@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up47arrow-down1·edit-23 miesiące temuI 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 miesiące temuProblem is it requires bot runners to be honest.
minus-squarem_f@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 miesiące temuYou 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-up3·3 miesiące temuhow do we distinguish bots from real accounts?
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 miesiące temuCan bots respond to direct messages or replies?
minus-squareCaptain Janeway@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 miesiące temuIn 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 miesiące temuIf 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?
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.
yes
If we want to, how do we disincentive them?