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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic

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Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic

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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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    Last year, you’d be correct. This year, bots DO purchase things. They also download and run things. Some marketers have gotten wise and have adjusted SEO and general product advertising to appeal to bots.

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      Where did we go wrong?

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        I think it was when we started organizing into walled cities surrounded by agricultural lands… that was really conditioning to a miserable way of life (for most, benefitting only a few) that carries through all the way to today.

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        When we developed culture, it began the uncoupling of our abilities from the capacity of our brains. All other problems stem from this!

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        In the beginning the Universe was created. This had made many people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move. – Some Hoopy Frood

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          has*

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          Has anyone tried moving around little green bits of paper? Or no because on the whole it isn’t the little green bits of paper that are unhappy?

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            oh no. not again.

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        Once upon a time, a bunch of primates came down from the trees and now we have unstoppable climate change.

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          Thanks aliens

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        Some would say it was coming down from the trees.

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          I’ve read a pretty convincing take that it was shoes

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        We let people become rich without eating them when they did bad things.

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        It’s complicated.

        In short, yes.

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        We gave normies access to the internet at anytime.

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        Everyday we do not stop the profit incentive.

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      For whom are they purchasing things?

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        Their techno fascist overlords, not for consumption, just to keep the propaganda space up so their have a space to control the narrative.

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