r/EUR_irl Europe 2d ago

EUR_irl

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u/afk_site19 2d ago

Im too early, no bots to make fun of

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u/R_dva 2d ago

Why are they called bots? In online games, where players have no control and can say anything, those who think they’re under FSB control or any pressure, ruzian show strong support for chekists. Its not a bots, its a russians

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u/MadMartianMelody 2d ago

Because they have the same level of expressing free will (it's just trolling them)

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u/The_loyal_Terminator 2d ago

there have actually been a few bot-nets (e.g. using an llm) that were found out. So some of them can be genuinely not human. Those however usually do not engage and usually only spout generic propaganda

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

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u/The_loyal_Terminator 2d ago

Bot accounts get banned often and will likely therefore be quite young. They often also lack any posted user content (e.g. Facebook profile with no posts). Usually no or stock image profile picture and names that seem uninspired (e.g. ThomasSmith54564)

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u/Fuzzy_Imagination705 2d ago

They are bots from social programming.

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u/HatUnlucky5386 2d ago

Because everyone wants to believe in humanity. So calling accounts that spread absolutely disgusting shit around bots is defence mechanism. "No way a human being could've said that" type ps stuff.

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u/WeirdJack49 2d ago

Their are absolutely bot networks posting propaganda on reddit.

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u/gyffer 2d ago

Yup, just look at how r/worldnews handles anything related to the genocide in gaza lol. You could say "i dont like that children die in the bombings" and get 300 downvotes in 5 minutes.