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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Kerr-Mudd, John" Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.free.newsservers Subject: Re: Disguised AI bots in social platforms Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:24:50 +0000 Organization: Dis Lines: 38 Message-ID: <20240328092450.61923ff1c7948e3e7f0a40a7@127.0.0.1> References: <20240327125736.af9b279c995077aa3eccfee4@g{oogle}mail.com> <0b3LsSKvEDBmFwcD@ku.gro.lloiff> <20240327192129.def57b0e03cc9edf5d0efa76@127.0.0.1> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:24:49 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="8f7d998926784522c0b44af230e87ff1"; logging-data="3669249"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18b7n45FL6t0jZGG7e4YPGd8s3ZKtZAufI=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:0cooHoDFzqTy15DwCSp1aW7Zwws= GNU: Terry Pratchett ;X-no-Archive: Maybe X-Newsreader: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Bytes: 2889 On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 19:42:32 -0000 (UTC) Rich wrote: > In comp.misc Kerr-Mudd, John wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 17:14:58 -0000 (UTC) > > Rich wrote: > > > > [] > >> > >> There's almost always some ultimate financial motive behind even > >> those things that are "disinformation". Find that underlying motive > >> and snip it off and the incentives go away. The underlying > >> financial motive can be difficult to discern in some cases. > >> > >> But compared to the spammers with clear financial motives (either > >> direct sales or by scams) the percentage that are 'disinformation' > >> is relatively small vs. the huge pile of clearly sales/scam > >> spamming occurring. So it would be helpful overall if those had > >> their oxygen cut off, because that leaves only the smaller set of > >> kooks with their disinformation to actively ignore. > > > > But there are also political types and governments pushing their own > > agendas. (Propaganda). > > There's also a 'financial' incentive there, in that said > government/political types want to keep either tax revenue flowing in, > or keep their nice cushy job prospects open when they leave their > political seat. > > Granted, it is by far much harder to snip off the finances there > (usually involves a revolt and regime change) so those do tend to stay > entrenched far longer than one would like. I was thinking specifically of the Russian attempts at misinformation about Ukraine. This, ISTM, is more about some "Greater Russia" plan than pure economics. -- Bah, and indeed Humbug.