silverbaxtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·10 months agocross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgNew Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion(medium.com)external-linkarrow-up11.38Karrow-down172message-square218fedilink
arrow-up11.31Karrow-down1external-linkNew Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion(medium.com)silverbaxtoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·10 months agocross-posted to: reddit@lemmy.worldtechnology@beehaw.orgmessage-square218fedilink
minus-squareCosmic ClericEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down0·10 months agolinkfedilink No, all bad online behavior now is “bots.” At least that’s how people in the comments on lemmy and Reddit label them. I, and others, have distinguish between shills and bots. Usually people use shilling as an alternative to astroturfing by paid human beings, while bots are just AI/programming posting.
I, and others, have distinguish between shills and bots.
Usually people use shilling as an alternative to astroturfing by paid human beings, while bots are just AI/programming posting.