As technology advances and computers become increasingly capable, the line between human and bot activity on social media platforms like Lemmy is becoming blurred.

What are your thoughts on this matter? How do you think social media platforms, particularly Lemmy, should handle advanced bots in the future?

  • AdemirEnglish
    2•1 month ago

    Verification: Implement robust account verification and clearly label bot accounts.

    ☑ Clear label for bot accounts
    ☑ 3 different levels of captcha verification (I use the intermediary level in my instance and rarely deal with any bot)

    Behavioral Analysis: Use algorithms to identify bot-like behavior.

    Profiling algorithms seems like something people are running away when they choose fediverse platforms, this kind of solution have to be very well thought and communicated.

    User Reporting: Enable easy reporting of suspected bots by users.

    ☑ Reporting in lemmy is just as easy as anywhere else.

    Rate Limiting: Limit posting frequency to reduce spam.

    ☑ Like this?

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    Content Moderation: Enhance tools to detect and manage bot-generated content.

    What do you suggest other than profiling accounts?

    User Education: Provide resources to help users recognize bots.

    This is not up to Lemmy development team.

    Adaptive Policies: Regularly update policies to counter evolving bot tactics.

    Idem.

    • @douglasg14bEnglish
      2•1 month ago

      Mhm, I love dismissive “Look, it already works, and there’s nothing to improve” comments.

      Lemmy lacks significant capabilities to effectively handle the bots from 10+ years ago. Nevermind bots today.

      The controls which are implemented are implemented based off of “classic” bot concerns from nearly a decade ago. And even then, they’re shallow, and only “kind of” effective. They wouldn’t be considered effective for a social media platform in 2014, they definitely are not anywhere near capability today.