Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agobot casually stealing commentslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1374arrow-down110
arrow-up1364arrow-down1external-linkbot casually stealing commentslemmy.zipPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square83fedilink
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoIt’s the same bot of the other post! This time the bot accidentally copied a popular comment, usually they copy a comment with no likes, then have other bots to send hundreds of likes to make it prominent over the other and have the algorithm show it more often
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI believe they use other bot accounts to actively downvote the original comment while upvoting theirs, so that it is purposefully buried.
It’s the same bot of the other post!
This time the bot accidentally copied a popular comment, usually they copy a comment with no likes, then have other bots to send hundreds of likes to make it prominent over the other and have the algorithm show it more often
I believe they use other bot accounts to actively downvote the original comment while upvoting theirs, so that it is purposefully buried.