Was on the other site when a commenter pointed out a response that and like 5 or 6 replies to that comment that were all bots. I am finally getting exposed to the concept of dead internet theory. So, how prevalent are bots on a place like lemmy? Are there natural safeguards against bots? I’m not an engineer and probably need a dumbed down explanation. But I did make it to lemmy! So I’ve got that going for me…
There is far more to gain making bots on larger corporate social media networks, lemmy/the fediverse is by no means immune but it is a waste of time for the vast majority of people that would specialize in that kind of thing.
You get the most power/profit potential from controlling a social network by creating the biggest lightbulbs possible (influencers) and attracting as many moths (users) to the smallest number of super lightbulbs as you can because it makes manipulating narratives and pushing high value ads easier. For the same reason this is the most lucrative environment to flood with bots.
Corporate social media optimizes for creating these leverage points, the fediverse on the otherhand is if anything loosely alligned against those kinds of extreme concentrations of popularity and social capital. Why bother gaming the fediverse then?