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34 sats \ 6 replies \ @a 6 May 2022 \ on: Daily discussion thread
What is the SN community's "bot defense" strategy? Can we detect or defend against the inflow of bots onto this platform as it gets more popular and lucrative?
Or should we welcome bots with open arms, value for value? May the best bot win?
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14 sats \ 5 replies \ @tomlaies 6 May 2022
Well, the main protection is monetary cost of making a comment or post. And after that the algorithm sorts things by popularity. Isn't that enough?
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23 sats \ 4 replies \ @a 6 May 2022
what if a bot could earn more sats on SN than it costs to post, it would still be making a profit
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24 sats \ 2 replies \ @tomlaies 6 May 2022
That means that it made good content that people enjoyed, wouldn't it?
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24 sats \ 1 reply \ @a 6 May 2022
So good bots are good, bad bots are bad
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 6 May 2022
Bots that behave exactly like humans are hard to prevent anyways
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 7 May 2022
then it would be a good bot
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