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erronis

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14. Useful info. To add to the original question:

Reply to usonian (Reply #8)

Wed May 6, 2026, 02:43 PM

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Is there a real human?
Not in the operation of the bot. It is usually totally automated by computer programs. These programs can interact with thousands of businesses (web sites such as DU) at the same time. The typing of information is done at computer speed - 100s of characters almost instantly.

Sometimes a human will augment the bot to supply information needed for the interaction.

The programs are initially written by human beings (and more recently by AI programming) but once they are unleashed they pretty much have full control.

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We Tried to Detect Bots in 500 Comments. We Found a More Interesting Problem. [View all] usonian Wednesday OP

Vapid R US* Attilatheblond Wednesday #1

It's infecting the rest of the world, too. erronis Wednesday #13

Guess that explains why..... Flo Mingo Wednesday #2

Bot or not? Hard to tell when people act like bots. usonian Wednesday #4

The ones that are likely to put their foot down on something like this will be advertisers AZJonnie Wednesday #3

Am I the only one who would like to know exactly what a bot is? CrispyQ Wednesday #5

Let me count the ways! There are so many. usonian Wednesday #8

Useful info. To add to the original question: erronis Wednesday #14

On my university sysadmin job, I noticed that some systems timed you out quickly if you dawdled typing a password. usonian Wednesday #16

When I wrote web scrapers/spiders/whatever, I usually added random pauses erronis Wednesday #17

Some websites disable pasting passwords. usonian Wednesday #18

You can get around that disabling pasting if you really want. erronis Wednesday #19

I did electronic and optical engineering to start. Built my own S-100 systems back in the day. usonian Wednesday #20

Sounds a bit like my history --- I'll DM you so I won't clutter these airwaves. erronis Wednesday #21

One nation controlled by the media flvegan Wednesday #6

Orwell explained newspeak and why Big Brother has to rewrite history. usonian Wednesday #9

Seems worth pointing out who "Musabi Labs" are: muriel_volestrangler Wednesday #7

sorry but blubunyip Wednesday #12

Yup. "holistic" just raised another huge red flag. erronis Wednesday #15

the role of Bots and AI have set off a big debate around Reddit stock and earnings GreatGazoo Wednesday #10

This is Reddit. Made up stories and fake emotion's Melon Wednesday #11