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highplainsdem

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6. We may have no choice, if we want to keep our humanity and sanity, rather than watching bots post and

Reply to GenThePerservering (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 16, 2026, 10:35 PM

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more bots compliment them, with too many of the humans left on forums pretending to communicate by lobbing AI-generated posts into the bot-filled wilderness.

I would hate to see that happen.

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on FB i hardly ever see a post from an actual "friend", just spam based on previous views msongs Monday #1

I wish Zuckerberg.had run that platform better. But he makes a lot of money off the ads anyway highplainsdem Tuesday #2

I don't use AI for anything related to DU TheProle Tuesday #3

I've always been very clear that I consider using illegally trained generative AI - if you know it's highplainsdem Tuesday #4

I have this fantasy of people starting to walk away from most of the internet GenThePerservering Tuesday #5

We may have no choice, if we want to keep our humanity and sanity, rather than watching bots post and highplainsdem Tuesday #6

Probably slowing the connections moondust Tuesday #7