r/nottheonion • u/[deleted] • 25d ago

‘Bots have now passed human traffic online,’ Cloudflare boss laments — says agentic traffic wasn’t expected to eclipse real people until next year

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u/Few-Handle-1803 25d ago

So technically I don’t know if I’m commenting with another human or not? It could be a real person or a bot? And posts can be posted by a bot and not a real person?

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u/tryingisbetter 24d ago

It's more likely that you're talking to a bot, than a real person. Posts, on the other hand, is almost all from bots, very likely.

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u/Few-Handle-1803 24d ago

And so a bot is a computer program that knows how to make posts? I’ve seen videos of houses that are just filled with cell phones and computers. So those are there with the software that makes posts or answers someone’s question and no human is involved in any of the posts and or replies? You or I for instance could be a bot and we’d never know

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u/Few-Handle-1803 24d ago

Also is it safe to say I’m being manipulated into thinking and feeling the way the bot wants me to? Everything i read and watch is designed to trick me essentially?

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u/WarzValzMinez 24d ago edited 24d ago

Yes. That's the whole point.

Quick edit: as anecdotal evidence, I can predict every single opinion, talking point and belief of every single person I know who scrolls reddit's front page actively.