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The reason I want it to grow is because I want to talk to other people about my interests without having to use Reddit. Not just me being the only poster about it.
I did say that I wondered if I'd accept bots if I was guaranteed the above outcome, with other humans, not with it being overrun with bots. I also don't want to talk to LLMs. The reality is we do not know for sure if botting the place up will help it grow, and botting it makes it unpleasant for users now, so I am against it.
Yeah, I understand your argument, and it's fair in its way. For me personally though, this is the opposite of what I would want from the internet, so I would of course absolutely hate it.
I guess everything is fair as long as it's honest - as long as they're marked as bots, instances can do whatever they want. I'd end up blocking bots though.
If I find out the people I talk to here are just LLM models I'll leave in a heartbeat and never look back.