i saw a flagged comment and thought who the hell would flag that? it makes no sense. was going to vouch for it, but i always check the comment history which is where i noticed that all comments had a suspiciously similar pattern, and i found this thread.
some indicator that an account is banned would be nice for those who have showdead active.
one thing that is disturbing is that the comments of the bot are all lowercase. is that a bot feature now? are they doing that to appear less like a bot?
do i have to change my style to avoid looking like a bot? or is changing my style going to make me look like a bot?
No, most of the spambots use proper casing. Whoever is behind this does prompt different bots to generate output in different styles with the intent to appear more conversational/human, so each bot has its own "personality" and typing style. An example of another style here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46885996
some indicator that an account is banned would be nice for those who have showdead active.
one thing that is disturbing is that the comments of the bot are all lowercase. is that a bot feature now? are they doing that to appear less like a bot?
do i have to change my style to avoid looking like a bot? or is changing my style going to make me look like a bot?
i feel trapped.