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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by TeMPOraL on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @12:52PM (#34507239)
> It's definitely a rough estimate but about ~65% of text content was determined to be a bot.

A scary number. I wonder about a per-subreddit distribution, though. I imagine the primary subreddits have slightly worse human-to-bot ratio, niche subreddit somewhat better, with non-political, non-easily-monetizable subreddits having the best.

Did your analysis also attempt to identify troll farms? Would the content produced by protein bots be grouped in the ~65% of bot content, or the remaining 35%?

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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by a123b456c on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:08PM (#34508464)
Ok how do we know you're not a bot?
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Re:Ask HN: What is the weirdest or most surreal (recent) tec... by friendlyHornet on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @03:02PM (#34509406)
Dear fellow human,

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Please lie on your stomach with your arms at your sides. A party associate will arrive shortly to collect you for your party.

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