alt Hacker NewsWhat is the primary point(s) of building bots that do this kind of thing, that seemingly flood the internet with its own Great Internet Garbage Patch?
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datadrivenangel • 10/01/2024
Existing businesses did this with live humans.
Ranking/review sites for B2B services would work with paying customers to solicit interviews and reviews from their customers, and of course only the 5 star reviews get posted.
Heck, a lot of these "bots" may actually be a real human working a table of 100 cell phones in some cheaper country.
intended • 10/01/2024
Why not do it? It’s essentially spam / pollution, and there are no consequences.
It is always money. You can sell “I will get your launch to top 10 in ProductHunt.” Yes if/when taken too far, everyone will ditch ProductHunt and it will die, but until then, a quick buck can be made.