First they came for the new accounts but I did not speak out because I did not have a new account…

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
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    2 days ago

    If they can’t tell the difference, then it at least makes sense for Reddit to want to invoke greater scrutiny and some level of ‘anti-bot’ testing. I agree the ID thing sounds like a slippery slope, but at least one can say it has some degree of defensible reason.

    Altho personally, I’m thinking it would be better to require a bot account to pass certain dynamic tests that couldn’t be easily programmed against. That said, the rise of AI tools probably makes that something of an arms race…

    • Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Reddit itself deploys bot accounts to shill for paying advertisers. It’s in their TOS. This isn’t about bots, it’s about controlling the narrative.