Many of the commenters on this site are also obviously LLMs. I'd imagine that quite a few of the entities quoting aren't necessarily people. Keep an eye on where they slide mentions of other products that a marketing team would like to promote.
replyPersonally I haven't seen it too often; the other aspect is that HN is a forum for startups to pitch shit to each other, so this has been happening with or without marketers (f.e. "i'm working on a similar thing").
replyThat LLMs are taking over the comments section is something that was already flagged, and Lobste.rs and others have started solving it by having gated registrations. HN should do this but it is unlikely to until it is too late.
I don’t get it though… what’s the point of using an LLM just to comment here? Like what does it gain the person doing it
replyMarketing. Prompt -- "Find topics that would be relevant to people interested in <company> and post a topical post that mentions <product>". Or influencing public opinion on certain topics, such as Israel, the current administration, the democrats, the various wars that are ongoing, or AI itself.
replySorry, how does a gated registration stop someone creating an account, then handing it over to an LLM?
replySerious question, am I misreading what's being said?
It stops the automation part. One LLM spammer can be dealt with.
replyOne can focus on generating 10 other accounts before it's flagged. Now you have 10 others to deal with.
replyBut that does not work on lobsters (or anywhere else with gated registration), because you cannot just create 10 accounts. You can create 1 account after 1 invite. If you abuse, you loose the invite (and maybe the person inviting you the right to invite others).
replylobste.rs has always been invite-only.
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