Aside from what Blaze mentioned, that's also not really the kind of publicity that we want. Better to just respond to individual users and encourage them to try Lemmy out.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

We should really avoid antromorphizing non-humans. Call them bots, like most of them probably are.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

In some spaces, that term is becoming really dehumanizing. People use “bot” to label anything they disagree with.

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, but I was being literal. A non-negligible number of those comments are likely being automated.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm quite certain that reddit has millions of bot accounts that repost old content and leverage AI to make human sounding comments. They serve two purposes, to simulate activity and interaction, and to disrupt discussions that reddit doesn't approve of, such as those about Lemmy or certain political issues.

Why wouldn't they? It's a very simple decision for them, they need to protect their money and the shareholders money, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to accomplish that objective.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 12 minutes ago

That's my impression as well. The activity over there doesn't align with the numbers