• lemmyshmemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    One consideration is who controls the bot and decides what information it spreads.

    A corporation or government agency could use bots to have significant influence over decentralized social media

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      1 year ago

      For sure. But isn’t that what votes are for? As long as it’s not from obviously problematic sources I’m still not seeing a big issue here either.

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        Bots can post advertisements, disinformation etc. More likely their message will spread if they keep exposing people to it. And yeah, bot accounts can also vote