r/technology • u/ArgentineBeauty • 19h ago

Society Ukraine Struck Yandex Data Centers, Russian Bots Went Silent—Now Questions Are Mounting

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-struck-yandex-data-centers-russian-bots-went-silent-now-questions-are-mounting-23339
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u/mrblahhh 18h ago

with this happening why cant someone make scripts to auto ID these bots on all the social medias so end users know they are bots.

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u/crash41301 18h ago

They easily could. Do you not remember when X / Twitter did this and walked it back immediately once it was clear their platform was mostly bot and foreign influencing parading as American? 

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u/Thefrayedends 18h ago

There's a reason many subs made it against the rules to call out bots and shills lol.

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u/IAmASolipsist 17h ago

A lot of that though is that even before bots were prevalent the most immature people assume anyone who disagrees with the mist be a bor or a shill. It's just not a productive thing to say and more of a thought terminating statement for someone who doesn't know how to respond to dismiss someone else.

What we really need is the ability to report a suspected bot for Reddit to check. I have encountered people that were pretty clearly botting because anyone disagreeing with them even days after a post was made and deep in the comments, would get an instant 6-10 down votes and a bunch of low effort comments spammed attacking you. Like, people can disagree, but a two upvoter post isn't getting that many people 10 comments deep continuously for days.

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u/Thefrayedends 17h ago

It's one of those catch 22 situations, you're fucked if you do, you're fucked if you don't. Some subs arrived at it organically as a form of healthy moderation, and others went there as a form of censorship.

Because yes, I've been called a bot, especially for my more structured posts, even with the old ass account and decade and a half of consistent coherence. I've been told a few times that I talk like ChatGPT, despite having never even used that service once lol. Calling someone a bot is just as effective at shutting down a conversation as derailing it or shadow banning it.

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u/fuck-nazi 16h ago

…. Exactly what a BOT would say! 😂