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??

erik_squires

@erik_squires

State actors would be promoting disruptive opinions on political, social and news sites. What’s going on here is either kids with too much free time, or other agents refining their ability to seem relevant and human. The rest of us rarely try to seem human, nor relevant:)

New development. See @gertrude09 in this thread:

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/problem-with-innuos-sense-won-t-play-selected-song

Bot joined yesterday.

First post was a paraphrase of my post above his and his second post had a link to some loan organization in it telling the op that after reseeting his streamer and Modem, he should reset his loan with a hyperlink to the target.

Jerry