this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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One consideration is who controls the bot and decides what information it spreads.
A corporation or government agency could use bots to have significant influence over decentralized social media
For sure. But isn't that what votes are for? As long as it's not from obviously problematic sources I'm still not seeing a big issue here either.
Bots can post advertisements, disinformation etc. More likely their message will spread if they keep exposing people to it. And yeah, bot accounts can also vote