Its kind of evil to create bots to try and manipulate a nascent social media platform that is trying to get started, or to spam it generally. Its bad on larger platforms too of course but there's just something particularly antisocial about it. 

Proportionally its like shoplifting from a global conglomerate that treats it as an accounting write-off vs. from a mom-and-pop store trying to get started and whose business and wellbeing you may genuinely aim to undermine.

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Baffles me how easily some people can completely shut down their conscience, like when a scammer drains someone’s crypto wallet that could be a family’s life savings. I've had to accept it as part of human nature and it’s up to the rest of us to cope with this reality.

I have tried to have exactly this convo with multiple scammers after I stop acting like I believe they are calling me from my bank or CEX because of their well intentioned concern for some suspicious activity. Not too surprisingly, I don't get a lot of sincere engagement. 🤷‍♂️