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Title: Bots now make up the majority of all internet traffic
Post by: Drastic on January 20, 2026, 10:53:42 PM

since 2024.

https://www.the-independent.com/tech/bots-internet-traffic-ai-chatgpt-b2733450.html

Title: Re: Bots now make up the majority of all internet traffic
Post by: rcjordan on January 20, 2026, 11:24:49 PM

There are some pretty sophisticated bots cruising bsky. One type that really caught my eye was what I call a 'suck-up bot.' It picks a point or two out of a user's post, uses ai to make an in-context reply, and makes a sycophantic comment about the OP. Someone happened to catch one with a %variable% exposed and posted it.

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