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by xp84 1041 days ago
Idk what you are saying, are you suggesting if I operate a webstore I should let bots place thousands of fraud orders frequently, and eat all those chargeback fees? And… law enforcement? Call the cops every time that happens? At least in my country, the police would say “uhh, ok feel free to file a report,” but they will do zero to investigate it. Which actually makes sense since most of those doing this crime are operating overseas, out of their jurisdiction anyway.

Also, if someone is registering 10,000 accounts that are obviously not real people, I should let them?

First of all, my website, my free speech. I’m free to publish or delete anything on it.

Second, bulk-created fake accounts aren’t needed even for legitimate political speech. That’s more like extreme astroturfing.