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anonzzzies on Sept 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only...

> your account looks like a bot

That's not a bot if you are not a bot? I know it's 'normal', but I still it as a bug. AI classifying me as something I not is a bug.

egman_ekki on Sept 16, 2023 | [–]

That’s exactly what a bot would say.

anonzzzies on Sept 17, 2023 | | [–]

Doesn’t make blocking innocent accounts automatically less of a bug.

NavinF on Sept 16, 2023 | [–]

Depends on the account. Eg if you look at unfiltered YouTube comments on youtube studio, you'll find many humans that behave like bots and post link to their videos in unrelated discussions

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