Was on the other site when a commenter pointed out a response that and like 5 or 6 replies to that comment that were all bots. I am finally getting exposed to the concept of dead internet theory. So, how prevalent are bots on a place like lemmy? Are there natural safeguards against bots? I'm not an engineer and probably need a dumbed down explanation. But I did make it to lemmy! So I've got that going for me...

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[–] 20 points 11 months ago (5 children)

It's on the internet, so I assume at least four out of every three posts are bots trying to sell me something or to get me to hate someone. 🤷‍♂️

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