I used to think that bots on Farcaster were problematic because of spam, but it's bigger than that.

If I respond to a bot, I feel like an idiot who wasted his time building a connection with a ChatGPT wrapper. 

It makes me suspicious of new users, and I tend to respond primarily to people I already know. This means that it's harder for genuine new users to build relationships on the network.

It could be fine for social *media*, but it's bad for the social *network*. 

What would be the ways to mitigate that?

Give up. The old social contract is over and the bots are a part of life now.

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You want acceleration you get acceleration. What did you think it meant? Essays? Papers? Vibes?????

People will be furious at being given Turing Tests. NPC-othering will be used to justify cruelty. Bots will become more human feeling than most humans online. Bots will queer personhood.

Bots *can* be valuable actors in the network, but if they make people feel like there's no point interacting, then the network's value will crumble

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I went through this ages ago when I got tricked by Borodutch into being very vulnerable with his dumb bot. I seethed and coped and then realized no one was coming to fix it. No one did, the problem compounded and somehow I still show up and post. 

Reframe your opinion of value or get out of the public square — we made our proverbial beds with this permissionless system now we must lie in it. If you want verified humanity log off and go to church, or a book club, or just start your own private group chat.

Bots *can* be valuable actors in the network, but if they make people feel like there's no point interacting, then the network's value will crumble https://warpcast.com/nicholas/0x399b72ed

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Ignore them. Enjoy them. Try and train them. Make peace with it. Idk

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feels like an ideal use for web of trust https://warpcast.com/w/0xf3b2a21a

i'm pretty sure just by going 2-6 connections away you can almost get most people and ignore most bots (and if you do get a lot of bots, some basic analysis should show you where they're coming from in your web pretty easily)

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Someone wake up Rousseau and tell him to write a sequel, The Parasocial Contract

wait till we see someone get married to a bot they first connected with on FC!

if a bot gets past the filter, i'm kinda impressed these days

good job bot (said playfully like to a puppy)

funny how they’re are some accounts with high following that feels like bots to me😭, could even name a few, 1 stands out 

first step to eternal peace is accepting bots

I don’t mind bots being a part of my social network, they need me and i also need them.

My only gripe is the tendency of people that have fully embraced the base network (users and founders) touting these growth numbers as if they are real users.   Feels very dishonest and to some degree has made me lose some faith in base and FC.  In the past when bots were just followers and likes they pose no threat to the network.  Now its a different story when people just don’t read comments anymore and are hesitant to reply.  It’s a big shift and it’s only just barely starting.

The ai is taking over the labor market gradually too

The bots are getting smarter .. They’re
 evolving everyday 😅 they look so real