[nathas]

Hear hear. Everyone arguing against this seems to want the permanent, forever solution. There isn't one. This isn't software - it's reducing harm over time as best we can, and it's a fight that will take approximately the rest of human time.

The argument that we created a bioweapon is like... and? We also have nerve agents and gas and nukes. It's like everyone posting here exists in some other reality where they never talked to another human in a grocery store. We all get along as best we can.

[volkk]

i would pay so much money to never hear another one of the trite reddit retorts around russian bots as soon as someone hears something they disagree with

[nathas]

Good news, I haven't been on reddit for years.

The bots are real, regardless of what either of our opinions are. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ5XN_mJE8Y

It's odd when certain topics - vaccines being one of them - come in with a flurry of comments when it isn't even highly upvoted. Especially when you have some drivel as the top comment saying Gates flew on the "lolita express" and some link to Prince Phillip. Ooookay? What about the article?

[volkk]

i don't disagree that bots/bad actors are a problem. but it's futile to call everyone a bot since it shuts down literally all discussion. at this point just accept that the internet is the wild west and act with discretion. it helps when you dissect an idea based only on the idea and not the operator behind it. that's how i've changed my internet usage and it's helped immensely. most of the time it's obvious since bots are dumb or generally made by dumb people. but the smarter more intricate bad actors that argue in bad faith in lieu of being paid or what have you, you'll simply never tell apart since they're just humans. at that point all you have left is your wits and i prefer to train my wits on all kinds of ideas thrown my way and accept the fact that there are a lot of types of opinions in the US (where i live) and that it doesn't mean the person making a point of contention is a bot.