Ask HN: Does Hacker News consist mostly of real people?
(ycombinator.com)
I'm curious about how the community operates, how much of the engagement is genuine, and whether there are any bots or automation in discussions. I'd love to hear insights from those who've been part of this community for a while!
I'm curious about how the community operates, how much of the engagement is genuine, and whether there are any bots or automation in discussions. I'd love to hear insights from those who've been part of this community for a while!
Is it me or is Reddit mostly bots now?
(ycombinator.com)
A lot of the comments I am seeing under posts seem just a bit off.
A lot of the comments I am seeing under posts seem just a bit off.
ActivityBot: A simple ActivityPub bot server in PHP
(gitlab.com)
A single PHP file which acts as a basic ActivityPub bot server.
A single PHP file which acts as a basic ActivityPub bot server.
Ask HN: Why are social media spam bots still a thing?
(ycombinator.com)
Specifically Instagram. After many years, I still get regular messages from spam bots, usually pretending to be women that are romantically interested. It seems trivial to ban (or even prevent) those accounts, from a technical perspective. Reporting them also doesn't seem to do much. Why is this still a thing? This should have been a solved problem years ago no? Are there, besides technical reasons, other reasons to keep spam bots alive on their platforms?
Specifically Instagram. After many years, I still get regular messages from spam bots, usually pretending to be women that are romantically interested. It seems trivial to ban (or even prevent) those accounts, from a technical perspective. Reporting them also doesn't seem to do much. Why is this still a thing? This should have been a solved problem years ago no? Are there, besides technical reasons, other reasons to keep spam bots alive on their platforms?
Reddit Bot CLI: tool to monitor subreddits for keywords and post comment
(github.com/VashonG)
Reddit Bot CLI is a command-line tool that automatically monitors specific subreddits for keywords and posts comments when those keywords are found.
Reddit Bot CLI is a command-line tool that automatically monitors specific subreddits for keywords and posts comments when those keywords are found.
Ask HN: Website with 6^16 subpages and 80k+ daily bots
(ycombinator.com)
Last year, just for fun, I created a single index.php website calculating HEX colors to RGB. It takes 3 and 6 digit notation (ie. #c00 and #cc0000) and converts it to RGB value. No database, just single .php file, converting values on the fly.
Last year, just for fun, I created a single index.php website calculating HEX colors to RGB. It takes 3 and 6 digit notation (ie. #c00 and #cc0000) and converts it to RGB value. No database, just single .php file, converting values on the fly.
Bots, so many bots
(wakatime.com)
ProductHunt has over 1 million user signups. More than 60% of those are bots.
ProductHunt has over 1 million user signups. More than 60% of those are bots.
The internet is 90% Fake
(ycombinator.com)
The internet is not real and 90% of its traffic is likely bots.
The internet is not real and 90% of its traffic is likely bots.
Developing a Go bot embedding Ichiban Prolog
(rogersm.net)
Ichiban Prolog is a #golang implementation of an ISO compatible Prolog. To learn how to embed it, I decided to add Prolog support to Hellabot, a simple irc bot.
Ichiban Prolog is a #golang implementation of an ISO compatible Prolog. To learn how to embed it, I decided to add Prolog support to Hellabot, a simple irc bot.
Open Source Twitter Bot
(github.com/yousef-rafat)
Note: This repository is made for education purposes only
Note: This repository is made for education purposes only
Baiting the bot
(conspirator0.substack.com)
LLM chatbots can be engaged in endless "conversations" by considerably simpler text generation bots. This has some interesting implications.
LLM chatbots can be engaged in endless "conversations" by considerably simpler text generation bots. This has some interesting implications.