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While browsing the fediverse I come across more and more accounts that seem ... a bit off, a little uncanny. The stuff they post seems random, their comments slightly weird. What's going on, is the fediverse being overrun by bots? Or am I as a fanatic anti-AI person just losing my mind and seeing the enemy everywhere?

I hate the fact that I now question every interaction that seems a bit off - it seems such a stupid waste of my time and I'm afraid I might just end up blocking real people who happen to express themselves in a strange way - as a neurodivergent person I know how bad I would feel about being ostracized as 'too strange to be real'. How would you handle this?

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

I sometimes go on lemvotes to see who's upvoting garbage. 80% of votes are done by account with no or very little comments. I also noticed a lot of the pro zionist accounts went offline relatively all at the same time. Hard to trust anything on lemmy.

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

Yep. It fucking sucks. AI is going to be running the show soon. Honesty? At this point, i think it’s easier to just accept it as normal. There’s not much that can or will be done about it. We’re losing a big part of who we are.

And sadly, the wondrous artistry we humans once possessed will run far beyond most of our remembrance, and will be left to the musings of those unheard.

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 110 points 10 hours ago (24 children)

Welcome to the Fediverse, we have an abundance of autism.

[–] BaroqueInMind@piefed.social 6 points 5 hours ago

Hey! I resemble that comment! >:^(

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 19 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Great. Now we're giving the bots autism?

[–] baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 hours ago

Antivirus is the same as vaccine

[–] IndiBrony@lemmy.world 9 points 6 hours ago

THEY'RE USING PYTHON IN THEIR CODING TO GIVE THE FRICKIN' BOTS 'TISM!!

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[–] Diva@lemmy.ml 13 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

it seems such a stupid waste of my time and I’m afraid I might just end up blocking real people who happen to express themselves in a strange way

I definitely get accused of being a bot a lot, I'm just like this

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 8 points 5 hours ago

Make website full of autists

Is everyone here a robot?

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 41 points 10 hours ago (7 children)

There are definitely bots, but I would treat everyone as human until proven otherwise. It's one of the least botted out places, so enjoy the relative peace and quiet.

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[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago

People on here are not subject to algorithms. There is no algorithmic manipulation to some sort of hive mind. Oh. And some use LLMs to translate their posts.

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