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Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by NavinF on Saturday September 16, 2023 @05:23AM (#37533282)
That's not a bug. If you're not logged in or your account looks like a bot, you can't see comments
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Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by anonzzzies on Saturday September 16, 2023 @07:08AM (#37533743)
> your account looks like a bot

That's not a bot if you are not a bot? I know it's 'normal', but I still it as a bug. AI classifying me as something I not is a bug.

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Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by NavinF on Saturday September 16, 2023 @08:08AM (#37534109)
Depends on the account. Eg if you look at unfiltered YouTube comments on youtube studio, you'll find many humans that behave like bots and post link to their videos in unrelated discussions
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Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by egman_ekki on Saturday September 16, 2023 @08:09AM (#37534116)
That’s exactly what a bot would say.
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Re:How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engi... by anonzzzies on Sunday September 17, 2023 @02:23AM (#37542077)
Doesn’t make blocking innocent accounts automatically less of a bug.
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