MicroWave@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLemmy's total users continues to surge to over 1.1 million, up from 740k yesterday!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square148fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1181arrow-down1imageLemmy's total users continues to surge to over 1.1 million, up from 740k yesterday!lemmy.worldMicroWave@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square148fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWouldn’t a bot account be more likely to randomly upvote/downvote than a human? Reddit always had a large number of lurkers who only had accounts to select which subs they wanted to see…
minus-squarehyorvenn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMaybe. If the bots have been created by opportunism during the vulnerability, they may still be “dormant” until their owner find something to do with it. So I wouldn’t be surprise they are not doing anything yet.
Wouldn’t a bot account be more likely to randomly upvote/downvote than a human?
Reddit always had a large number of lurkers who only had accounts to select which subs they wanted to see…
Maybe. If the bots have been created by opportunism during the vulnerability, they may still be “dormant” until their owner find something to do with it. So I wouldn’t be surprise they are not doing anything yet.