The researchers' bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.

The researchers’ bots generated identities as a sexual assault survivor, a trauma counselor, and a Black man opposed to Black Lives Matter.

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  • fishos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    33·
    23 hours ago

    As was pointed out in the actual reddit discussions, ChangeMyView has a strict “do not accuse the other person of being a bot or troll” rule. So the whole “no one knew it was a bot” part has very little merit.

    • can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io
      15·
      23 hours ago

      I thought that sounded fishy. It’s common knowledge that everyone on the internet except for you is a bot so a contentious discussion on reddit without anyone accusing one of the primary commenters of being a bot seemed questionable without that bit of additional information.