The Bot Episode
Added 2023-12-29 04:00:02 +0000 UTCHello Forward Thinkers! I've wanted to take a deeper look into "bots online" for some time now and what I found shocked the crap out of me! There really is a bot problem online, and it's everywhere - from fake reviews on products online, to political bots, to dating app bots, social media bots and more. We take a look at this and put on our conspiracy and celebrity hat for certain sections:
0:00 Intro and explanation of episode
6:54 The different types of bots
11:35 E-commerce bots (fake reviews and star ratings)
23:10 Social media bots
31:36 Different types of social bots
39:44 Examples/Proof of celebrities using bots
44:02 Political bots
55:48 Dating app bots
Comments
This and the It Ends With Us In Court episode have changed the way I see the internet completely 😭 Such a good episode!!
Navyada Koshatwar
2025-01-02 16:38:41 +0000 UTCIt’s only been an hour since I listened to this episode and I have to say…I’m analyzing TF out of IG comments now
Pump Pumptini
2024-01-06 04:06:51 +0000 UTCHuman checking in 🫡
Pump Pumptini
2024-01-06 02:36:41 +0000 UTCThere was some interesting discussion recently regarding Selena Gomez's heightened online popularity (larger following than Taylor, Beyoncé, Kardashians, Ariana etc) and how it doesn't seem to translate into real life, and a theory thrown around was that it was largely bots who were essentially just inflating the appearance of her popularity and it wasn't 100% authentic!
fk
2024-01-04 06:46:05 +0000 UTCI used to get Marianne Williamson videos on my fyp and 50% of the comments would say something along the lines of “Something is off about her” “I don’t trust her”.
Sarah Bledsoe
2024-01-03 17:46:05 +0000 UTCYou mentioned you’re not sure what Telecommunications means. It means TV, phone and internet providers/services. Funny that in my language we use that word a lot but it’s probably not common in English.
Dani
2024-01-03 03:56:29 +0000 UTCLoved this can you share the article on different types of bots??? So good!!!
Lori
2024-01-02 22:48:30 +0000 UTCCovid is a horrible virus but i firmly believe some countries/regions implemented additional unnecessary measures because the people in charge thought it was the popular thing to do BECAUSE OF SOCIAL MEDIA BOTS. In reality, people were thinking the measures werent working and were pointless
Bippity Boop
2024-01-01 23:43:47 +0000 UTCOmg thank you! I appreciate that. And have a great new year back!!
Shannon McNamara
2024-01-01 19:38:44 +0000 UTCIt would!!
Shannon McNamara
2024-01-01 19:38:26 +0000 UTCPlease do more deep dives on bots and GBT! I had no idea it was this bad
Christina Sh
2024-01-01 00:27:30 +0000 UTCShannon great work on this!! I found this topic super interesting :) In fact if you are ever having a vacation week and feel like reposting an old episode to your public page, I’d like to request it to be this one! I think it would be good for more people to be savvy on this topic. Hope you have a great new year!
Davis
2023-12-31 18:28:07 +0000 UTCok also has anyone else noticed a recent uptick in twitter accounts pushing a “we’re all doomed/going to be disabled eventually bc of covid” message? i definitely want to be sensitive but seeing this stuff on twitter feels…off to me in my gut. idk if those are bots or just my algorithm.
Alex
2023-12-30 21:00:23 +0000 UTCthat one stat about misinfo spreading faster reminds me of the quote that’s like “a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth puts on its pants”
Alex
2023-12-30 20:41:48 +0000 UTCI’m high but I think this would make an awesome documentary lol so interesting!!
Sam
2023-12-30 19:24:14 +0000 UTCShannon I thought I was only one who thought the internet changed around 2016 ..tiktok ads all time ..but u. Usto see illuminati vids they all got taken down@!!
Cherry
2023-12-30 10:04:02 +0000 UTCOmg YOU are to thank for being here and writing this in! So sweet thank you!!
Shannon McNamara
2023-12-30 00:30:23 +0000 UTCHer and Paige are such a dynamo duo!
Shannon McNamara
2023-12-30 00:30:03 +0000 UTCI totally can tell how much time and research went into this episode, Shannon!! I think its such an important topic to talk about so thank you so much for doing it. All your episodes are so awesome and well researched, i’d pay quadruple whatever i’m already paying for the patreon!!
✨Riley✨
2023-12-29 23:15:17 +0000 UTCOmg i didn’t know that 3 of kevin spacey’s accusers died within one month, please do an episode on that!! thats crazy!!!
✨Riley✨
2023-12-29 23:12:43 +0000 UTCOmg random but yes Hannah Berner x FF would be amazing I found giggly squad a few months ago and it’s my obsession
cass (not pictured)
2023-12-29 20:08:52 +0000 UTCyou always discuss such interesting topics- thoroughly enjoyed & learned so much!!
Elizabeth
2023-12-29 19:04:11 +0000 UTChuman here! lowkey something a bot would say tho
chad
2023-12-29 17:14:49 +0000 UTCI’ll check her out!
Shannon McNamara
2023-12-29 15:06:36 +0000 UTCYesss! We did one on main about Tucker Carlson and Steven Crowder 😭
Shannon McNamara
2023-12-29 15:06:20 +0000 UTCI’ve been looking forward to an episode on bots. They fascinate me!
Gracee
2023-12-29 13:42:52 +0000 UTCyiiippeeeee!
Laura
2023-12-29 13:01:04 +0000 UTCCan you please collaborate with Dana Bowling of the Daily Dose of Dana podcast. I found her via the Deuxmoi podcast though so idk if she would collab with you 😂😭 otherwise I think you guys would make a great episode and have great chemistry
Tiresi Kirbae
2023-12-29 12:29:15 +0000 UTCHappy Holidays to all 😍
sisternotyours
2023-12-29 10:48:05 +0000 UTCPremium content! I loved this episode. Super informative & made me realize my opinions are so easily influenced by comments online 🥴 If you’re into it, I think an episode doing a deep dive on prominent right wing internet personalities would be so interesting (Candace Owens, Christian Walker, Ben Shapiro)
Ava
2023-12-29 05:23:53 +0000 UTCSocial media in general has a bad influence on my mental state, but I find it gets drastically worse after I read the comment section of anything. It creates the illusion that people are constantly fighting, I find myself getting fired up reading comments that are probably bots. I loved the internet during my Club Penguin era too, and now it just feels like chaos
Averie
2023-12-29 05:00:57 +0000 UTCExcited since the Instagram mention
Tiresi Kirbae
2023-12-29 04:20:35 +0000 UTCI was waiting for this 😍
Tiresi Kirbae
2023-12-29 04:20:19 +0000 UTC
