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ITT, we discuss the political implications of propaganda bots, their source, habits and influence targets. Mainly but not limited to /pol/ spam
I would like to present some evidence (See: pic posted), and the subsequent surface analysis I've conducted since this happened.
Here's the archive link: https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/438006021
It would appear these particular bots are not very sophisticated. Weak probing will out them out as their context detection is not very refined.
One needs only post nonsense which any human poster would be puzzled by. The bot will ignore general context and focus on certain keywords on the post.
Generally, this will be done in a confrontative manner, which flies under the radar as flaming hardly ever follows a logical discussion pattern. In other words, shit flinging is what I think they default to whenever in "doubt".
Cont.
I would like to present some evidence (See: pic posted), and the subsequent surface analysis I've conducted since this happened.
Here's the archive link: https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/438006021
It would appear these particular bots are not very sophisticated. Weak probing will out them out as their context detection is not very refined.
One needs only post nonsense which any human poster would be puzzled by. The bot will ignore general context and focus on certain keywords on the post.
Generally, this will be done in a confrontative manner, which flies under the radar as flaming hardly ever follows a logical discussion pattern. In other words, shit flinging is what I think they default to whenever in "doubt".
Cont.