Bots
@MainerMikeBrown (1373)
Bridgton, Maine
August 2, 2020 6:13pm CST
It's annoying that when I make a comment to online forums or blogs, not all people who respond are actually humans. Some of them are bots.
What is the point of bots, anyway? Why do some folks create them?
I'm not tech savvy. So I was just wondering.
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5 responses
@GoAskAlice (5827)
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3 Aug 20
If you see anything like that here, please report it!
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@sophie09 (34236)
• Indonesia
3 Aug 20
@GoAskAlice okay i will. But i have never seen any bots in mylot site. Im talking about another messager app
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@GoAskAlice (5827)
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3 Aug 20
We do not have any bots here. Everyone who posts (including me) is human.
How do you know that a response is made by a 'bot'? There are no forums that I know of which have automatic response machines.
@DaddyEvil (137463)
• United States
23 Mar 21
You shouldn't find any bots on myLot. If you see a reply to something you write that you think is a bot, please report that reply to GoAskAlice.
Usually, bots are made and run by people wanting to cheat the system in some way. Some YouTubers make and use them to push their ratings and responses higher since they get paid for views and comments on their videos. Others make and use them to push their own views into a more prominent position so more people see their videos.
