The Botfly Test: Characterizing parasitic automated behavior in online communit
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I recently encountered non-transparent automated behavior in a tech-community forum, and it really, really annoyed me. After confirming that my spidey senses were correct, and that this user was actively, regularly, and non-transparently performing and benefiting from automated interactions in the forum, I spent some time trying to figure out why exactly I was so annoyed by it.
I recently encountered non-transparent automated behavior in a tech-community forum, and it really, really annoyed me. After confirming that my spidey senses were correct, and that this user was actively, regularly, and non-transparently performing and benefiting from automated interactions in the forum, I spent some time trying to figure out why exactly I was so annoyed by it.