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Bots everywhere or am I losing it? (slrpnk.net)

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While browsing the fediverse I come across more and more accounts that seem ... a bit off, a little uncanny. The stuff they post seems random, their comments slightly weird. What's going on, is the fediverse being overrun by bots? Or am I as a fanatic anti-AI person just losing my mind and seeing the enemy everywhere?

I hate the fact that I now question every interaction that seems a bit off - it seems such a stupid waste of my time and I'm afraid I might just end up blocking real people who happen to express themselves in a strange way - as a neurodivergent person I know how bad I would feel about being ostracized as 'too strange to be real'. How would you handle this?

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Ok, since you keep talking shit about dbzer0.com, i want to add something here.

First of all, we keep our instance pretty bot-free. It's been a while since i registered, but all applications are getting reviewed before an account is activated. We do have singular bots for administrative things, but you can be sure that db0 would stop obvious bot activity pretty fast.

And regarding AI - it's not that we go out into the fediverse and proselytize. We have a few communities regarding GenAI, but the opposite is the case: we had to implement a rule to stop external mass downvoting and brigading in those communities, because instead of an discussion about the image generated, external users started (always the same) discussions about how evil GenAI is.

So, no blocking necessary, except the communities you don't want to interact with :-) Have a nice day :)

[-] [email protected] -2 points 1 day ago

We have a few communities regarding GenAI, but the opposite is the case: we had to implement a rule to stop external mass downvoting and brigading in those communities

It's not "a few communities" it's every community unless explicitly stated otherwise, according to the mods.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

It’s not “a few communities” it’s every community unless explicitly stated otherwise, according to the mods.

If someone claims something happened on the fediverse without providing a link, they’re lying.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I appreciate you doing your part to fact check, but I invented that rule, and I always have the receipts. Don't come for the king.

Case in point, the thread in question was removed, but I was able to find the relevant comment through the search function. A comment from Unruffled, reading:

If the community rules don’t ban GenAI images then you can assume a) they are allowed, and b) complaining about them is not allowed.

As a follow up, I asked, "Is there any way to get a list of .dbzero communities that do/don’t ban AI so that I don’t have to block your entire instance?" to which they replied, "Lol must keep your eyeballs pure eh?", at which point I blocked the whole instance.

You're free to ask Unruffled to clarify their stance or ask some other mod who might overrule them or whatever, but until you can show me a statement otherwise, I'm assuming that the rule is:

If the community rules don’t ban GenAI images then you can assume a) they are allowed, and b) complaining about them is not allowed.

Because that's what I was very directly told.

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