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[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 67 points 6 days ago

Last year, you’d be correct. This year, bots DO purchase things. They also download and run things. Some marketers have gotten wise and have adjusted SEO and general product advertising to appeal to bots.

[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 37 points 6 days ago
[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

We thought tech would improve our lives. And allowed companies to do anything they wanted for decades because don't want to hinder progress. And no regulation on companies purchases.

[-] TheMadCodger@piefed.social 98 points 6 days ago

In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. – Some Hoopy Frood

[-] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 19 points 6 days ago

Has anyone tried moving around little green bits of paper? Or no because on the whole it isn't the little green bits of paper that are unhappy?

[-] turdburglar@piefed.social 6 points 5 days ago

oh no. not again.

[-] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago
[-] StillAlive@piefed.world 16 points 6 days ago

Once upon a time, a bunch of primates came down from the trees and now we have unstoppable climate change.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago

We let people become rich without eating them when they did bad things.

[-] Dultas@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Some would say it was coming down from the trees.

[-] Shartyfartblast@piefed.zip 2 points 5 days ago

I’ve read a pretty convincing take that it was shoes

[-] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I think it was when we started organizing into walled cities surrounded by agricultural lands... that was really conditioning to a miserable way of life (for most, benefitting only a few) that carries through all the way to today.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago

When we developed culture, it began the uncoupling of our abilities from the capacity of our brains. All other problems stem from this!

[-] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

We gave normies access to the internet at anytime.

[-] derAbsender@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

Everyday we do not stop the profit incentive.

[-] Strider@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

It's complicated.

In short, yes.

[-] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

For whom are they purchasing things?

Their techno fascist overlords, not for consumption, just to keep the propaganda space up so their have a space to control the narrative.

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