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Thanks for sharing, this could actually be very helpful research for the development of Lemmy and other fediverse platforms. Here is some text from the article that explains what appearantly happens by using bots:

[...] not all bots are the same in the bustling world of Reddit.

Some bots are simple, [...]. Take WikiTextBot, for example. [...] Using Reddit’s API, it scans every post and follows its hard-coded rule: “If there’s a Wikipedia link, post a summary.” These bots, [are] known as “reflexive bots,” [...].

Then there are [...] the “supervisory bots” tasked with moderating discussions. [...]

[... ] it’s important to understand how the presence of these bots affects human-to-human interactions in these online communities. [...]

They observed that reflexive bots, which generate and share content, increased user connections by providing novel content and encouraging engagement. However, this came at a cost: human interactions became shallower, with fewer meaningful back-and-forth discussions. Instead, bots often replied to posts, limiting deeper conversations between human users.

On the other hand, supervisory bots, designed to enforce community rules, reduced the need for human moderators. Previously, key community members would collaborate to set and uphold norms, strengthening their roles within the community. With automated moderation, this coordination became less necessary, leading to a diminished role for human moderators in fostering community engagement and culture.

The story of bots on social media is still unfolding, with platforms and their creators tasked with finding the right balance between innovation and authenticity. As firms weigh the impact of bots, they face an essential truth: how these digital entities are managed will shape the future of online human connection.

So the last part is why this matters, but I wanted to include lines from the first part because they explain what the basis of the research. I took the liberty to put the last line in bold because that is why I felt the need to write this response. Also worth mentioning is the size of this research:

Between 2005 and 2019, Lalor and his team studied Reddit communities- almost 70 million posts- experiencing a rise in bot activity.

c/reallynottheonioniswearitsnottheonion

O yes I don't mean anything by it, just that it makes it extra weird you can pre-order anywhere but their home country

But isn't this an American company?

Trump got jealous of Erdoğanomics and now also wants to get an economic strategy named after him.

It's like the world leveled up so now The Onion has to level up too.

Thanks, there is a lot of sanewashing going on in the media and lemmy. Me trying to explain why he might say something as stupid and hurtful like this is perhaps also sanewashing him. But I did want to post those quotes mainly because I feel Lemmy and the Internet is general is better off if we base our hate and dislike (which I certainly agree with in Trumps) on things that actually happend.

Yes Trump said something very crazy, even for him more crazy than usual but falling for headlines like this is not gonna make it easier to talk with people who support Trump or someone like him and polarization played, I think, a huge part in why he could get elected. If we choose to make lemmy a place that polarizes people it will give people like Trump power.

Good article, some very interesting facts.

"The word [tariff] can be traced back to Latin as well as the Arabic word "taʽrīf," meaning "notification" or "inventory."

[...]

"Even words that were traced back to Old English eventually come from Proto-Indo-European," he explains. "So all language is imported, in that sense."

But no mention of whether there were any tariffs imposed on importing the word, so that's curious. Fake news or wokism? I wonder.

I don't want to defend Trump in anyway but this is a hystirical headline meant to generate clicks and attention.

“I said to them, was there any sign of love?” Trump said, recounting his conversation with released hostages.

“Did the, Hamas, show any signs of like, help? Or liking you? Did they wink? Did they give you a piece of bread extra? Did they give you a meal on the side? … Like, you know, what happened in Germany?” Trump said, absurdly comparing the hostages’ situation to the Holocaust, which murdered six million Jews.

“People would try and help people that were in unbelievable distress,” the president went on, suggesting that the Nazis were known for their generosity.

“No, they didn’t do that, they’d slap us,” Trump said the hostages told him about Hamas, while sitting next to the man who is currently leading Israel’s genocide in Gaza. “Their hatred is unbelievable.”

What I think he is trying to say in a very weird way is Nazi's treated Jews better than Hamas does now.

Yes the orange monkey is very stupid and crazy for saying shit like this, again I don't want to defend him in any way but the article does not say that Trump thinks Nazi's loved Jews.

But they do though. I'm not saying it's fair, just that we better use it since we pay for it.

If they cause shit than I'd say there is an actual reason to kick them out, as I said I don't know anything about Belgian royals. What I think is that the financial argument is weak, especially compared to the moral argument on whether it's fair or not. I think it'd be better this 'tradation' dies slowly.

Also, I think this guy wanting extra money is a douchebag move. Feel like I need to stress that with all these downvotes.