maybe take even five minutes to think about what you're suggesting here: you believe Russia or China or whatever has created 20.000 bots just for them to sit around on their own instance for three years before federating?

[–] Bernie2028@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Test running the bots + making it seem more realistic is definitely feasible.

[–] Zrc@hexbear.net 32 points 1 year ago (4 children)

for three years? for something as irrelevant as lemmy??

[–] Bernie2028@midwest.social 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They're on every corner of the internet buddy, fake accounts are dirt cheap to run especially in Russia.

[–] brain_in_a_box@hexbear.net 30 points 1 year ago

Or, maybe, just maybe - and I know it's hard for some one like you to believe - there are just people out there who disagree with you.

[–] Zrc@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago

If you're questioning whether we're real people you can literally just look through all the posts on hexbear. Our entire history is right there for anyone interested.

[–] marx_mentat@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

What a beautiful brain you have you think anyone has been running a website full of bots for three years in the hope that one day Reddit might implode and they can be used to trick some lost redditors.