Victor Gnarly@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAlmost broke 2.5 million daily total users on Lemmy in the last 24 hours.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1369arrow-down1imageAlmost broke 2.5 million daily total users on Lemmy in the last 24 hours.lemmy.worldVictor Gnarly@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square145fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoThats seems bad. I know some bots are hepful. But 1 million bots seems like they for something nefariously.
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoLike trying to keep people on reddit?
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoOr just too generally troll the fediverse.
minus-squareMartineski@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYeah, I hope that people farming them are just trolling the fediverse and don’t plan on using them.
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoLol trolling is bad. A bot army could make things miserable here.
minus-squareMartineski@lemmy.fmhy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoTrolling in the sense making people freak out while not doing anything with those bots. That’s what I’m hoping for although it’s improbable.
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI was thinking more racist transphobic trolling aided by an amry of lurking upvoting bots…but ya know.
minus-squareGestrid@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIf it’s anything like Reddit’s bots, they’ll probably post copy-pasted comments to gain upvotes, then they’ll start spamming advertisements and scams once they have a good amount.
minus-squareDiscoslugs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’m just afraid that these bots are bascially here to sabotage lemmy. The fediverse is so awesome, there is no way big social media corps can play nice in the long term.
Thats seems bad. I know some bots are hepful. But 1 million bots seems like they for something nefariously.
Like trying to keep people on reddit?
I’d go to Facebook first
Or just too generally troll the fediverse.
Yeah, I hope that people farming them are just trolling the fediverse and don’t plan on using them.
Lol trolling is bad. A bot army could make things miserable here.
Trolling in the sense making people freak out while not doing anything with those bots. That’s what I’m hoping for although it’s improbable.
I was thinking more racist transphobic trolling aided by an amry of lurking upvoting bots…but ya know.
If it’s anything like Reddit’s bots, they’ll probably post copy-pasted comments to gain upvotes, then they’ll start spamming advertisements and scams once they have a good amount.
I’m just afraid that these bots are bascially here to sabotage lemmy.
The fediverse is so awesome, there is no way big social media corps can play nice in the long term.