It did more to break bots that were fueled by righteousness than it did those that were fueled by money.
replyThat's antiproductive, in that it promotes survival of only the worst bots.
I'd want any/all the bots dead if I were still using that, so at least killing some of them is better than not. The "helpful" ones were just annoying.
replyThat sounds pretty great. If we could just flip 1 switch to accomplish things in absolutes, then that'd be awesome.
replyI'd like to flip the switches that absolutely end poverty globally, absolutely eliminate guns from the US, and absolutely remove bots from Reddit,
If you can show me where these switches are located, I'll cheerfully go flip them and accept full responsibility for the results.
(Over here where things don't work in absolutes: Some of those bots that got killed were countermeasures to help keep the bad, well-funded bots at bay.)
No I'm saying it's better that they at least killed the "good" bots, even if this didn't result in killing all the bots.
reply"Congratulations, sir! Your directive to eliminate all guns has been a roaring success! We've had 100% compliance amongst good, law-abiding people! All of the remaining guns are owned by outlaws! Violent crime has tripled, exactly as predicted! Everything is going according to plan!"
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