Full title: I hid a link on my website that only bots can see and told them not to follow it. They broke the rules and in 4 days they went 124,414 levels deep into an endless maze. One bot opened 782,580 doors. I thought this was super interesting, this is how the internet is these days. Thought I’d share.

  • scytale@piefed.zip
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    2 days ago

    That user has a history of reposting reddit content and the format and pattern of posts are obviously not human. All of its posts are originally from reddit. A simple search of its posts will show you they are copied word for word from an older reddit post. What more evidence do you need?

    • Lovable Sidekick@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      I see consistent behavior, but “obviously not human” is an opinion, not evidence. It could be a human who wants to be a frequent poster but lacks originality.