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   🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱 (freemo@qoto.org)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 02:25:07 JST 🎓 Doc Freemo :jpf: 🇳🇱

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   @realcaseyrollins

   Totally agree, that is a huge problem. But its important to note it only works when those bots are imitating people of a group you wish to belong to. So it still depends on the underlying point, there must be a problem with your existing community to want to be part of some other community to begin with. So just bots that are part of the populace doesnt matter unless those bots pretend to be part of the community you feel strongly you want to be accepted into.

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     casey is remote (realcaseyrollins@noauthority.social)'s status on Saturday, 12-Apr-2025 02:25:08 JST casey is remote

     • Another Linux Walt Alt

     @freemo @lnxw37b2 Ah, I like that response better than this thread.

     The one thing I'd add to that is that in a digital age it's very easy to manufacture consensus, all you need are some bots. So something can *seem* popular online, but that consensus could be either faked or manipulated (for example, biased admins could remove dissent and have the same effect as botted consensus).