• Chozo
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    3 months ago

    Who do you think is paying random Lemmy users to complain about headlines on news articles? Seriously, who do you imagine is behind such a ridiculous conspiracy? Where is the value in such activity?

    Also, upvotes are public. We can see who upvoted him, and it wasn’t bots.

    • @steakmeoutt
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      -73 months ago

      How can you possibly know if an account is or is not a bot in this age of LLMs?

      And the value is where it’s always been - astroturfing.

      • Chozo
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        93 months ago

        How can you possibly know if an account is or is not a bot in this age of LLMs?

        You tell us, you’re the one saying the other guy was “clearly upvoted by bots”, you show us how you came to that conclusion, chief.

          • Chozo
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            73 months ago

            “Bots exist” isn’t an answer to “prove that post was upvoted by bots”.

            Quit being obnoxious, my guy.

            • @steakmeoutt
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              -33 months ago

              Feel free to come up with your own thesis for the behaviour then. Why do you think a bunch of discussion has formed around a falsehood where all the parties of that discussion seem to agree and yet none have discussed the subject matter at all.

              • Chozo
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                33 months ago

                Feel free to come up with your own thesis for the behaviour then.

                People upvoted him because they agree with him. Not that hard to figure out.

                Why do you think a bunch of discussion has formed around a falsehood where all the parties of that discussion seem to agree and yet none have discussed the subject matter at all.

                Because the headline is trash, hence the conversation at hand.