Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs

Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by ShadowOfThePit on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:03AM (#50167494)

Dude.

Regardless of how the data is sourced, this is bad. It's poisoning the internet.

Besides, such issues come from a lack of due diligence, which have only been exacerbated by AI.

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by 10111001 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:07AM (#50167561)

> It's poisoning the internet.

I'm very well aware of that. Unfortunately, this technology was invented, and the logic of our competitive society leaves little chance to contain it except scorched earth tactics.

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by WD-42 on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:20AM (#50167749)

Dude. The internet has been poisoned for a very long time. Remember Viagra? It used to be easy to call out the BS. But if you are outsourcing your thinking to a LLM, it’s much harder.

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by Chris2048 on Friday October 23, 2026 @05:51AM (#50206567)

> Remember Viagra?

What.. does Viagra have to do with this?

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by WD-42 on Friday October 23, 2026 @11:14AM (#50210445)

If you have to ask you haven’t been on the internet long enough.

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by Chris2048 on Saturday October 24, 2026 @01:32PM (#50223336)

This is a discussion forum, why gatekeep whatever it is you want to say.

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by ShadowOfThePit on Thursday October 29, 2026 @07:18AM (#50287275)

Vagueposting wizards are the worst

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Re:Publish fake stats, get cited in LLMs by FeteCommuniste on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @11:08AM (#50167569)

Bots and their slop (especially when it's hard to tell apart from human-made content) are the ones "poisoning the Internet."

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