Has AO3 been taken over by AI bots?
Jun. 19th, 2023 06:41 amQuestion for the group: has AO3 been taken over by AI bots?
I don't get a lot of comments on fics (and that's fine) but suddenly I had eight comments overnight on fics I posted yesterday, from "authors" who don't write in my fandoms or who only started posting a few days ago (though we all.know you can change the date something shows as being posted.)
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Either the accounts are fake, or genuine author accounts are being hacked and used to post fake comments.
It's ruined the sanctity of the last proper refuge for authors.
Anyone else seeing this?
I don't get a lot of comments on fics (and that's fine) but suddenly I had eight comments overnight on fics I posted yesterday, from "authors" who don't write in my fandoms or who only started posting a few days ago (though we all.know you can change the date something shows as being posted.)
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Either the accounts are fake, or genuine author accounts are being hacked and used to post fake comments.
It's ruined the sanctity of the last proper refuge for authors.
Anyone else seeing this?