Re:Facebook is other people
by randomdata on Saturday September 25, 2021 @03:41AM
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I am sure that in some cases it is completely intentional (be it a bot or a human) with an intent to be disruptive in some way, but in other cases I think it can be reasonably been seen as being genuine. Sometimes the respondent will eventually admit that they took it the wrong way. Often it comes from usernames who have enough of a reputation that you can have good reason to believe it is a real person with no specific motive.
Don’t make the mistake of assuming every account on the Internet is an actual human. I obviously have no way to prove such a thing, but it would be strange if there weren’t a massive amount of bots-posing-as-human online trying to influence opinions and behavior.