Hollow-eyed insincere robot posters are already flooding Meta's sites and they're everything we dreaded.

Soon people discovered that Meta’s ghoulish posters had been among us for months, even years. There’s Liv, a “Proud black queer momma of 2 & truth-teller,” according to its Instagram profile. Add to that Brian, “everybody’s grandpa;” Jade, “your girl for all things hip-hop;” and Carter, a “relationship coach.” I’m sure there are more yet to be discovered.

All four of these posters have pages on both Facebook and Instagram with mirrored content and all four have post histories that go back to September 26, 2023. The accounts have the blue verified check marks and a label indicating that they’re an AI “managed by Meta.” Users can block them on Facebook, but not on Instagram. Users can also message them across all of Meta’s platforms, including WhatsApp.

  • bobalot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I really miss the BBS forums.

    I made a load of friends on those.

    When I quit reddit, it occurred to me that after 10 years, I hadn’t made a single friend there.

    Now many of these remaining BBS forums have a constant battle against bots.