[tannerbrockwell]

We know that spam plagues email due to resistance to paid delivery. The only path forward for social networks is some sort of paid tier or ability to 'slash' participants that have staked something of value. We know that the general populace refuses to pay for message delivery, so I am not too optimistic we could prevent what you descried. LLMs may have effectively nerfed any value free agents could derive from social platforms. The risk is that some sort of positive reinforcement feedback loop occurs where the bots start interacting with each other, radicalization and derailment is also a possibility.

[kranke155]

It’s terrifying to me to think we can’t trust social networks. Reddit, HN have often been my guide now that Google results lead to just advertising wrapped up as content.

And now nothing is reliable ?