Leo@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showM to Linux and Tech News@lemmy.linuxuserspace.showEnglish · 3 days agoMeta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received wellwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.zip
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minus-squareTommySoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoI wonder how advertisers feel about this. If these bot profiles have all the same access as regular users I’m sure they’d interact with advertisements in some way but aren’t even real people.
minus-squarenaeaplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 hours agoI’m pretty sure those bots just answer to stuff and don’t surf the page like regular visitors I have to admit, I didn’t really look into it, but hooking in the bot, just as a real user, to the typically front-end doesn’t really sound efficient
I wonder how advertisers feel about this. If these bot profiles have all the same access as regular users I’m sure they’d interact with advertisements in some way but aren’t even real people.
I’m pretty sure those bots just answer to stuff and don’t surf the page like regular visitors
I have to admit, I didn’t really look into it, but hooking in the bot, just as a real user, to the typically front-end doesn’t really sound efficient
That’s called “click fraud.”