The word 'bot' is increasingly being used as an insult on social media

I’ve noticed a similar phenomenon in the comments section on TikTok, and it gives me a tiny morsel of hope. It’s increasingly common to see people pointing out commenters that are likely either bots or users that are simply rage baiting. Yes it gets thrown around as an insult sometimes, but it’s often applied in situations where I think it’s correct too. It’s a tiny sign to me that discourse does shift and people are becoming more social media literate over time.

I do get a bit of a kick out of the idea that there are bots out there accusing each other of being bots.

NPC is the more appropriate term to insult people with. The NPCs are misprogrammed if they're using bot like that.

Noticed this in Georgian politics - paid shills and people whose behavior is indistinguishable from paid shills are increasingly referred to as "bots" with no presumption of being non-human.

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More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40635010

Repost from yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40635010

Yeah, in my experience it's typically used by people who can't counter your argument and people who seem likely to be fooled by actual bots. They're the same people, as it happens.