So to me it looks like the post with all the upvotes is the original, and the other one is a copy with alt accounts mimicking every single comment. Other than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.
Other than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.
It’s not a useful distinction for determining whether someone is human or a bot. Reddit began suggesting usernames a few years ago and they all look like Randomword-Randomword-Randomnumber. I’ve read comment chains in the past where newer Reddit users were even unaware that they could choose their own account name. There just seems to be a new generation of people who can’t even be assed to read the signup prompts and just keep clicking “OK” until they have a brand new Reddit account.
I’m gonna need some explanation and annotation my man I’m not reading all that
On the right is a very popular post, on the left is the exact same post from very recently.
The left contains the exact same content, by about 10 different bot accounts w/ one another.
Hmmm okay, fascinating. I imagine this has taken off a lot more since LLM AI started gaining traction.
Very interesting, good post
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What does Linus Lech Mips have to do with it?
Folks getting paid by “AI” companies will hate my saying this, but so are LLMs.
You don’t actually need to read it, just skim through and notice all the user names. It’s all copy pasted and all the user names are different
It’s proving that tons of comments, even in long chains, are bots reposting
also word word number
That is the default for any new Reddit account since I don’t know when.
So to me it looks like the post with all the upvotes is the original, and the other one is a copy with alt accounts mimicking every single comment. Other than the upvotes, most of those accounts have some arbitrary number tacked onto the end of their username.
It’s not a useful distinction for determining whether someone is human or a bot. Reddit began suggesting usernames a few years ago and they all look like Randomword-Randomword-Randomnumber. I’ve read comment chains in the past where newer Reddit users were even unaware that they could choose their own account name. There just seems to be a new generation of people who can’t even be assed to read the signup prompts and just keep clicking “OK” until they have a brand new Reddit account.
So, what do you’re saying is that some click bots are made from flesh.
If people are too stupid to read signup prompts, they may as well be considered bots for all intents and purposes
if you need an explanation, you are also a bot by default
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