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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
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Sorry, how does a gated registration stop someone creating an account, then handing it over to an LLM?

Serious question, am I misreading what's being said?

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It stops the automation part. One LLM spammer can be dealt with.
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One can focus on generating 10 other accounts before it's flagged. Now you have 10 others to deal with.
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But 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).
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lobste.rs has always been invite-only.
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