Possibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agobot casually stealing commentslemmy.zipexternal-linkmessage-square83linkfedilinkarrow-up1375arrow-down110
arrow-up1365arrow-down1external-linkbot casually stealing commentslemmy.zipPossibly linux@lemmy.zip to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square83linkfedilink
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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-up1·1 year 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.