Is anyone using bots to make their social site look busy? If so, how do the bots work? Are users told that they may encounter bots?

Re:Is anyone using bots to make their social site look busy?... by rms on Sunday April 08, 2007 @05:06PM (#10512)

I've seen dating sites for sale that come loaded with fake profiles. Generally, it seems like a really bad idea.

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Re:Is anyone using bots to make their social site look busy?... by amichail on Sunday April 08, 2007 @05:36PM (#10516)

How did you know the profiles were fake?

The idea is to make the bots convincing.

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Re:Is anyone using bots to make their social site look busy?... by rms on Monday April 09, 2007 @03:40AM (#10690)

I mean, I've seen a commodity dating site script available that came with an option for generating fake profiles.

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Re:Is anyone using bots to make their social site look busy?... by mukund on Sunday April 08, 2007 @06:54PM (#10545)

for that u need a good AI bot.

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