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Boomers on Facebook Are Leaving Comments That Make It Clear That They Have No Idea That AI-Generated Thirst Traps Aren't Real (futurism.com)
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[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 27 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Are we sure all these boomers leaving comments aren’t also bots on Facebook?

They might be there to get the thirst traps traction to get out on all the old creeper’s algorithms in the first place.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

A trick Reddit was pioneering all the way back in the late '00s. Drive engagement by using bots to fake engagement.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

AI/bots creating content. AI/bots leaving comments.

Wait I’ve heard about this… 😟

[–] ian@feddit.uk 4 points 7 hours ago

Facebook is bots ONLY. So none of this matters.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

in a sense.. I know some people like this

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 8 hours ago

Me too, more than one.