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Comment by ssl-3

13 hours ago

It did more to break bots that were fueled by righteousness than it did those that were fueled by money.

That's antiproductive, in that it promotes survival of only the worst bots.

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traderj0e  13 hours ago

I'd want any/all the bots dead if I were still using that, so at least killing some of them is better than not. The "helpful" ones were just annoying.

  • ssl-3  13 hours ago

    That sounds pretty great. If we could just flip 1 switch to accomplish things in absolutes, then that'd be awesome.

    I'd like to flip the switches that absolutely end poverty globally, absolutely eliminate guns from the US, and absolutely remove bots from Reddit,

    If you can show me where these switches are located, I'll cheerfully go flip them and accept full responsibility for the results.

    (Over here where things don't work in absolutes: Some of those bots that got killed were countermeasures to help keep the bad, well-funded bots at bay.)