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Bots increase online user engagement but stifle meaningful discussion, study shows (www.techexplorist.com)
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[–] 88 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Then it's not engagement. We have to stop this nonsense.

Also, we need laws making bots that pretend to be real users illegal. We're heading for some black mirror shit otherwise.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    The platform owners don’t consider engagement to me be participation in meaningful discourse. Engagement to them just means staying on the platform while seeing ads.

    If bots keep people doing that those platforms will keep letting them in.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which is a good argument for regulation. Regulation prevents industry from doing things that may be in their individual best interest but are against public best interests or the best interests of the industry as a whole.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Unfortunately, the US administrative state is still being murdered. So, don't expect act regs or enforcement to be seen out of the US and expect flagrant violation of EU and other regs due to mobster-style protectionism.

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