Erlend on Nostr: I no longer feel comfortable boosting posts from pure meme accounts unless they’re ...
I no longer feel comfortable boosting posts from pure meme accounts unless they’re exceptionally well known or have authenticated themselves somehow, e.g. with a two-way link to the memer’s personal account.
In this day and age it’s just too easy fully automate this type of account as a bad actor with the intention of posting misinformation somewhere down the line, once the account looks legit enough.
#meme #misinformation #bot #safety
Published at
2024-07-18 07:43:57Event JSON
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