• fishos@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    So when I wrote about bots, I was describing them as an effect created by a cause. You went and reversed the two and are thinking I blamed bots.

    No.

    What I said was that voting based moderation is a popularity contest. An easy way to win popularity contests is to stuff the ballot. On the internet, you can do this with bots. Ergo, the rise in bots all over the Internet is a consequence of our popularity based algorithms and systems. That type of moderation just doesn’t work. But please, keep misunderstanding people and then blaming others. I’m sure that’ll help.

    If you’re gonna disagree with my idea, at least get it right. You’re not being downvotted heavily for not agreeing with the hive mind in the right way. You’re being downvotted for lacking reading comprehension and going off on a crazy sounding tangent.

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      3 days ago

      I did not misunderstand your bot theory but good to see you prove my “even if I agree” point lmao

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        2 days ago

        You ended your comment saying you completely disagree with me after reiterating what I’d just said as if it were your own thought.

        You really need to work on your communication and reading comprehension buddy.

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          2 days ago

          If you think it’s bots then that seems like a more legitimate complaint

          An easy way to win popularity contests is to stuff the ballot. On the internet, you can do this with bots

          You really need to work on your communication and reading comprehension buddy.

          Maybe try a mirror bud

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            2 days ago

            Try reading the whole thing and comprehending it as a complex thought with nuance. I’ll wait. Might take you awhile but I’ll wait.

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              On boy are you dense. I agreed if your theory that bots are to blame is correct you have a legitimate complaint I dispute that and you got really confused and angry saying I don’t understand instead of anything of substance. Do you know what projection is?

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                2 days ago

                I never said bots were the problem. I said people caring more about popularity is the problem and that once you realize this it’s super easy to program bots to imitate people by up voting/down voting what you want. But yes, call me dense when you’ve misconstrued my argument from day one.

                Edit: didn’t look like my previous comment posted so I rewrote it. Considering how dense you are tho, maybe two versions will help you finally understand, so I’ll just leave it.

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                  2 days ago

                  I never said bots were the problem

                  it’s super easy to program bots to imitate people

                  Considering how dense you are tho

                  Hmm…

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                Because I never said bots are to blame. People are and once you realize that, programming a bot to do what people can do is super easy.

                I get offended when people try to tell me I made an argument I never made. But thanks again buddy 👍