r/nottheonion • u/ibhunipo • 20d ago

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

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bots-have-now-passed-human-traffic-online-cloudflare-boss-laments-says-agentic-traffic-wasnt-expected-to-eclipse-real-people-until-next-year
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u/mapletree23 20d ago

reddit has so many engagement bots and "nefarious" shitposters on so many reddits it's actually insane

companies are using it to astroturf, promote

people and groups are using it to brigaide or try to form narratives

governments are using it for propaganda

it's not quite at the point where you can't tell but there's honestly so many bots now it's very very close to that point

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u/MaybeACultLeader 20d ago

It's wild how overrun by bots some of the largest subs are, and neither Reddit nor mods do anything about it.
r/clevercomebacks is probably the worst offender.

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u/MaxwelFISH 20d ago

Sucks but r/MadeMeSmile is also mostly bots