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Lemmy Bots and Tools

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Russian bots are out of control, how can we fight back? (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by JokeDeity@lemm.ee to c/lemmy_dev@programming.dev
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Every social media site is overrun by hundreds of Russian bots, some worse than others (Meta products). What can we do to combat this? Should those of us who don't want to live in a fascist dictatorship be running our own bot farms? Something has to be done to change the iron grip they have on the narrative of history and reality to the common man.

How can I make leftist bots to fight this plague?

Edit:

ITT: "Why you think it Russian bot, comrade? Russia never hack!"

There's enough available research to show that Russia is running massive bot programs, you're either living under a rock, ignorant, or it benefits you to deflect from the issue.

Edit 2: The user with the name like dimesix (I've blocked them) has gone through and downvoted all the comments he could on my profile. I wonder why this thread upsets him to such a degree that he'd do that?

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, I would have agreed with you a decade ago. But when the quality is a drop in the quantity ocean, it's beyond pointless as a method to stop the plague.

[–] recursiveInsurgent@lemm.ee -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I agree that there is a problem but if your only solution is to flood the platforms with counter messages, are you any better than those you are calling out? Wouldn’t you rather encourage a more authentic kind of posting? Not that I’m totally against bots but I think they should be allowed to form their own opinions. Ideally, when they are advanced enough, we should be able to convince bots of our point of view with a good argument. Otherwise it’s all just spam.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I have no idea how to respond to this abstract thinking. This post is about taking action against an active and controlled effort to destroy societies, there's other time and places for philosophy.