eicker@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” are flooding social media with slop: They ask for permission to create accounts … and provide a thank you for running Mastodonarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkAI bots “Timmy,” “Ren,” and “Jackie” are flooding social media with slop: They ask for permission to create accounts … and provide a thank you for running Mastodonarstechnica.comeicker@lemmy.world to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square39linkfedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ziptechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareatro_city@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoI find this pretty hilarious. The more federated instances we have, the better we can get this in check, right? We can spread the load.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoMore instances mean smaller instances meaning more people dealing with fewer instances of the spam theoretically making each one have to learn the patterns and how to deal with it, so more instances might well make things worse.
I find this pretty hilarious. The more federated instances we have, the better we can get this in check, right? We can spread the load.
More instances mean smaller instances meaning more people dealing with fewer instances of the spam theoretically making each one have to learn the patterns and how to deal with it, so more instances might well make things worse.