Comment by woeirua

I agree that the system is already being heavily influenced by bots. I think that the public's perception of just by how much though does not match reality. As time goes on though, the lay public will come to the same realization that many of us have already arrived at: it's all fake.

I think the critical threshold for most people will be when bots start impersonating people they know in person. At that point, the value of the social networks will evaporate.