Re:IMG_0416
by staplers on Monday November 11, 2024 @03:13AM
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It's a walled garden. Unless you are logged into an account it's basically a private network.
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All social media have to be walled gardens or be free-prey for ravenous AI bots. Evolution at work.
or be free-prey for ravenous AI bots
Have you recently been on X?
I think your parent comment is talking about AI bots consuming the content, while you seem to be making a point about AI bots posting content.
There are thousands of bluecheck AI bots that just copy-paste/regurgitate or just make up stupid content and post it continuously to get engagement views and money.
It is really worse than before.
Why are you following them?
You don’t need to follow someone to see their content. When you open the app the default timeline is the “For You” one. Sometimes you don’t even notice that the app has switched back to “For You”, X definitely doesn’t really want you staying on the “Following” tab.
The regurgitated content is often in the form of comments in popular threads.
"Popular" tweets (of which these bot accounts often fall into, because they're propped up by bot responses and engagement farming) are pushed into your feed even if you're not following (or engaging) with them.