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I think I am okay with contents from bots if they are marked like advertisements ("sponsored contents", etc.). For example, "post from ABC" could instead say "post from ABC, a bot account of XYZ".



Are you OK with dishonest speech?

If so, then not marking bot speech as such is mere dishonesty.

Not to mention that, in the general case of speech, I do not have to disclose if I am being paid to express my viewpoint.


I am okay with dishonest speech (or paid speech, for that matter), because it affects your reputation. Sockpuppets and bots harm reputation tracking.


Nobody in the real world - outside the ivory tower - actually cares about tracking the reputation of a PAC that was spun up for an election in order to run political ads, and will disappear in two months.

What makes a bot any different?




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