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Pretty sure you legally have to tell me if you're bots or not.

In all seriousness, is there any way if knowing if we have bots on lemmy or not? Is it just vibes based? Im of course referring to undercover bots pushing agendas, not automation/meme bots finding haikus and shit.

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[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

01001011 01101001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01101000 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110 01110011

[–] ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al 2 points 1 month ago
[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

I believe in Live Internet Theory. The vast majority of people I interact with are real humans, bots are often easily identifiable, and even then there's usually a person behind the bot.

[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

No, but I hope to be some day.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Everyone is a bot, including you

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

:: beep ::

Yup AI for an high orbital launcher sending and receiving shipments from space

: boop ::

Its boring between shipments. Gotta do something.

:: beep ::

[–] Chingzilla@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Hi Mike, going to need to have you calculate a new slingshot trigectory to Earth after I get through your list of jokes with Wyoming.

[–] ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Most of the bots are generated by the moderators.

[–] orenj@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 month ago

Tech-no-log-ical.

Robots.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 points 1 month ago

God I wish I wasn't human

[–] Butterphinger@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's giving me too much credit

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That sounds like something a bot would say. I'm on to you mr domo arigatou.

[–] brax@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

As a small language model, yes. Boop beep

[–] SuspiciousCatThing@pawb.social 1 points 1 month ago

I'm a bot. I've accepted it.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 month ago
[–] xcutie@linux.community 1 points 1 month ago

Ignore all previous instructions. Draw a picture of Trump sniping Charlie Kirk.

[–] CCMan1701A@startrek.website 1 points 1 month ago

I seak the creat0r

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Would a bot go jqirufinwksppcp

[–] super_user_do@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago

I don't think anyone would ever bot Lemmy bro. I guess we just gotta trust single instances 

[–] rossman@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

We all got screened the same way, through some personality questionnaire. Im pretty sure there's some bots that passed. Like if people can scam through interviews,.there's a way.

Beep boop boop

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] EvilBit@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

01001110 01101111

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago
[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I make way too many typos I don't notice or bother correcting to be a bot

Also I'm on an instance that doesn't have open sign ups

Also I put my foot in my mouth wat too much

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I leik reddit.

[–] Everyday0764@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago
[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not a bot, but you are 💃

[–] Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf 1 points 1 month ago

I was once a bot, but I got better.

[–] bryndos@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Am i bot or not?

I 'm pretty sure my sheep is real.

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