So how do these new bots make money?
One thing I'm rather curious about is how the new batch of bots get monetized. A lot of them seem to be... generic buzz creators like... "hey why is brand Z not talked about more?? "
And yeah, clearly they are either automated or at least, not sincere. I'm curious how they get paid though. I mean, if you are a reputable manufacturer of consumer goods, do you pay for stuff like that??
Few examples… 1. Push certain products generating traffic to those websites 2. Collect responses and using artificial neural network machine learning, feed the collected data to analytical models to evolve and increase effectiveness so that the responses can be more human like. End result Is the same - to generate traffic to specific websites of certain manufacturers or dealers. That’s why it’s best to report the thread as opposed to responding to it and let the moderators take it down.
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@audphile1 I'm not sure they are that advanced yet (on this site) but maybe. I do make one post to identify them as a bot because otherwise people will start replying to the post like it is a good post, which is the last thing we want to do. Jerry |
@vonhelmholtz - Of course, that makes sense, but some of these bots seem... well, pretty small potatoes. I mean, if some one comes in here advertising Bud's Earbuds, I doubt it moves the sales needle, and yet they keep coming back. Also when it's a big brand I have to wonder, are they really paying for this?? |
