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.
I’m not saying astroturfing doesn’t happen, but I don’t think it’d be worth investing into a bot farm just to leave low-quality social media comments for a political agenda. I’d be surprised if the practice is widespread. There are plenty of things intelligence services do that are more effective at achieving their goals.