LCP@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoDigg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spamwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1295arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1291arrow-down1external-linkDigg’s open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spamwww.theverge.comLCP@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square61linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-23 months agoThe majority of “new users” was bots twenty years ago. How was this news to these chuckleheads?
minus-squareTheFogan@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·3 months agoI mean it’s worth saying that the new bots are kind of a different league to the old bots.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-23 months agoYeah, so it REALLY SHOULDN’T BE A SURPRISE
minus-square[object Object]@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 months agoBut now bots pass captcha and use a real browser. So… it’s not easy removing them.
The majority of “new users” was bots twenty years ago. How was this news to these chuckleheads?
I mean it’s worth saying that the new bots are kind of a different league to the old bots.
Yeah, so it REALLY SHOULDN’T BE A SURPRISE
But now bots pass captcha and use a real browser. So… it’s not easy removing them.