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Daisy, an AI granny wasting scammers' time

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717 points ortusdux | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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brap ◴[14 Nov 24 19:43 UTC] No.42140320[source]▶
This reminds me of “shadow banning” - instead of letting the misbehaving user know they’ve been banned, and let them find a way around it, you make them believe they’re not banned and let them waste their time interacting with the system (without actually interacting with others), this makes them spend less time on actual misuse and it makes the penalty for it more expensive. Good strategy. Cruel too.

So I don’t think that this is just entertaining PR, I can see why it’s better than simply banning the scammers. Still a question of cost though.

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optimalsolver ◴[14 Nov 24 23:18 UTC] No.42142324[source]▶
The next step up is "heaven banning":

https://x.com/nearcyan/status/1532076277947330561

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1. latexr ◴[15 Nov 24 11:16 UTC] No.42145855[source]▶
That makes no sense. Why would you spend more money and electricity to keep trolls around longer?
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2. brap ◴[15 Nov 24 11:47 UTC] No.42146057[source]▶
The longer they spend in heaven, the less they spend trolling. I’m not saying it’s worth the cost, but it’s something to consider.
3. optimalsolver ◴[15 Nov 24 11:54 UTC] No.42146098[source]▶
It keeps the engagement metrics up without poisoning the discourse.