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Re:What Wikipedia Did by concordDance on Sunday May 14, 2023 @09:07AM (#35937662)
Honestly, I don't know of a good solution to the coming LLM spam apocalypse other than something like this (paid verification of ID) or gov issued private keys.

Any ideas?

Re:What Wikipedia Did by r721 on Sunday May 14, 2023 @10:05AM (#35938101)
State-backed troll farms have million dollar budgets though, they could surely spend 8k/month on 1k accounts:

>A notorious Russian "troll factory" had a $1.25 million [monthly] budget in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election to interfere in the US political system, according to charges filed by the Department of Justice.

https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-troll-farm-spent-mil...

Re:What Wikipedia Did by concordDance on Sunday May 14, 2023 @04:36PM (#35941168)
Wait,doesn't twitter blue require ID verification?
Re:What Wikipedia Did by hutzlibu on Sunday May 14, 2023 @05:23PM (#35941445)
I thought it famously doesn't, because Musk said it is too expensive?

And the official site also mostly just says, that mainly you have to pay and have a phone number. No sentence that they actually verify you are a living human being.

"Only accounts actively subscribed to Twitter Blue are eligible to receive the blue checkmark.

Our team uses an eligibility criteria on when the checkmark is given to ensure we maintain the integrity of the platform. Your account must meet the following criteria to receive or retain the blue checkmark:

    Complete: Your account must have a display name and profile photo

    Active use: Your account must be active in the past 30 days to subscribe to Twitter Blue

    Security: Your account must be older than 30 days upon subscription and have a confirmed phone number

    Non-Deceptive:

        Your account must have no recent changes to your profile photo, display name, or username (@handle)

        Your account must have no signs of being misleading or deceptive

        Your account must have no signs of engaging in platform manipulation and spam
"

https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/about-twit...