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meme not so funny

And yes, to refute some comments, this publication is being upvoted by bots. A single computer was needed, not “thousands of dollars” spent.

  • draughtcyclist@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Everyone is talking about how these things won’t work. And they’re right, they won’t work 100% of the time.

    However, they work 80-90% of the time and help keep the numbers under control. Most importantly, they’re available now. This keeps Lemmy from being a known easy target. It gives us some time to come up with a better solution.

    This will take some time to sort out. Take care of the low hanging fruit first.

    • InfiniteFlow@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Plus, if this becomes the “bot wild west” at such an early stage, the credibility hit will be a serious hindrance to future growth…