@alice @ricci @floe That makes a depressing amount of sense.

@jdp23 @ricci @floe @alice like if a single bot starts acting up they know it will get banned but if they wait until they have 1000 bots on the instance before starting them it's a tougher problem to deal with?

@ricci @floe @alice my wild speculation could also be wrong! there's weird bot behaviour on the steam workshop too. I've been making mods for Paralives and bot accounts are stealing people's mods and reposting them. They don't change the description or thumbnail. There's no money, clout, or ad revenue to be found there. I don't understand it unless the goal is to just make the internet an awful place.

@floe @ricci @alice

I don't think it's about engagement. I think they are simply trying to drown everyone out. Either the instance they target gets sick of it and shuts down or they flood it with bots to say whatever they want. Either way they win unless we can find an efficient way to filter them out.