Was on the other site when a commenter pointed out a response that and like 5 or 6 replies to that comment that were all bots. I am finally getting exposed to the concept of dead internet theory. So, how prevalent are bots on a place like lemmy? Are there natural safeguards against bots? I’m not an engineer and probably need a dumbed down explanation. But I did make it to lemmy! So I’ve got that going for me…
Ham radios could totally be botted, there are plenty of voice models out there that would sound convincing. I assume there’s just not much call for it yet because there aren’t many people to reach on ham radio.
Once people start congregating to a new medium, that medium will become worth targeting. I don’t think that can be stopped without some heavy duty gatekeeping. You might want to read up on proof of personhood protocols for some ideas.