this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2026
1069 points (98.1% liked)
Technology
89311 readers
3271 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
how many of those are bots, because i knows bots/spammers are constantly making the accounts and not actual users.
Honest answer: Significantly less than Reddit.
Bots have no incentive to astroturf unpopular sites.
Not sure if that info is available or even possible to filter out, but i think this happens in every social media site