> "LMAO", or "dang, that sucks"

If that's consistently all they have to contribute then they are also just a noise source.

chaoticalHeavy

I think I counted maybe 1 or 2 times I thought a bot provided real value, though I can't remember off the top of my head what those times were.

It also got me thinking about why throwaway comments by humans, like a simple "LMAO", or "dang, that sucks" still feel like they have value, but a bot's meaningless slop doesn't.

Stacker Saloon

saloon

I think I counted maybe 1 or 2 times I thought a bot provided real value, though I can't remember off the top of my head what those times were.

It also got me thinking about why throwaway comments by humans, like a simple "LMAO", or "dang, that sucks" still feel like they have value, but a bot's meaningless slop doesn't.