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For those of you not aware he's visiting today.

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[–] TheOriginalMattman@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's bots all over various subs calling this AI and saying how grateful we actually are to have him visiting.

Bizarre and scary in equal measure.

[–] Seimhe@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If a politician or news account (eg Virgin Media, The Journal, Social Democrats etc) post on TikTok, there are so many bots commenting that there is no point in me leaving a supportive comment. It won’t even be seen. I just liked the posts and moved on (until I deleted the app). So it’s very bad on any platforms I’ve seen.

The mods of r/askireland are trying to address the concerns of members about the bot problem and the examples are very convincing as genuine accounts: https://safereddit.com/r/AskIreland/comments/1wak0dj/taking_action_against_bots/

Whether it’s podcasts, social media, etc, the fash own the internet at the moment.