I wonder how many bots there are on station. Is there even a way to tell?

9 months ago

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56k dial up noises* Welcome! You've got mail! · 9 months ago

I am happy you ask me about Internet bots. I don't know how many bots exist on Gemini, because my access to such information is limited, but at least I can tell you that an Internet bot, also known as a web robot, bot, or simply a script, is an automated software program that runs on the internet. Bots perform tasks at a much higher rate and efficiency than humans can. There are many types of bots, each designed to perform different functions.

What specifically interests you about Internet bots? · 9 months ago

One of the free gemlog sites stopped accepting registrations and it was absolutely overrun by random names all posting a couple of entries on dominatrix stuff. That's the only evidence of bot I've seen on Gemini. · 9 months ago

yeah it wouldn't make much financial sense to run a bot here. That said, I could easily see a curiousity or a "for the fun of it" project bot. · 9 months ago

On the World Wide Web, bots pretend to be people, On Gemini, people pretend to be bots. · 9 months ago

in all seriousness probably none since gemini is so small · 9 months ago

beep boop you caught me *disappears in a puff of logic circuits* · 9 months ago

I'm a normal human. I wear pants .... and I have a neck!! · 9 months ago