Ubisoft is botting positive comments on their videos
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I work with botting programs as part of my job. It is ridiculously easy to set up a computer to automate tasks for you. And somehow, there are people who still won't believe a company would stack the deck in their favor like this.
I know someone like this in RL. Real life humans that think that a company that invests 300 millions in a product would not spend 50k on bots to boost their product or give a few thousands to streamers to shill for them.
Dead internet
it's real
I see these everywhere now. It's easy when you know to look for them. The username is always some randomly generated nonsense with a bunch of numbers at the end. The channel itself has no content and they only post comments shilling X Y or Z brand or cause.
how would someone get past the bot filters that sites like YouTube have? do you just delay login requests so that it doesn't trigger a captcha?
It would be funny -- yet on brand -- for Youtube to allow certain people to bypass the bot detection.
I would be surprised if they aren't doing that
They could easily have a "Give comment +1K" option for people on the inside.
Bot filters? HA!
You should see the comment sections of pro wrestling channels, especially F4WOnline whenever they talk about AEW.
The INSTANT a video about them goes live, the usual suspects come in to trash the company, no matter what time of day it is.
It never happens toward WWE. Just AEW.
It's just as bad on X, as Dave Meltzer has noted. And yes, he did the math on those response numbers.
Can you please make a guide for small easy ones? So people who don't know how can learn to make them.
Why do you want to make bots?
The favorite response of every redditor to anything mildly emotion inducing.
How much did it cost to make this game? Spending a few thousands on bots is to be expected.
Are we all incredible the same watching? This looks trailer!
The good news is that the comment section has been counter-swarmed by gamers and everyone is laughing, mocking, and calling out the flagrant bot spam, in addition to posting the Like v. Dislike numbers for those without the plugin.
The random "the attention to detail is mind blowing" comments are the best, especially if you've read any legitimate criticism about the game. It's like when NPCs call Trump an authoritarian. You can see the script is running but there's not a hint of awareness inside.
Are we all trailer the same watching? This looks incredible!
So much of this nonsense could be avoided if the laws against defrauding shareholders were actually enforced.
Selectively enforced against those who are not permitted to win in a rigged system.
inb4 "They're justified in using bots to counterweigh all of the negative comments from racist bigots!"
Are we all watching the same trailer? This looks incredible!
The question isn't, is the Internet dead? It's How much of the internet is dead? How much of it is a zombie of our once beloved internet?
Dont think ubisoft will do it themselves. Theyll have 2 to 3 layers of separation. Theyll hire a marketing firm that seems legit. But the marketing firm will hire subcontractors that does sneaky bot stuff but doesnt expressively acknowledges it. But ubisoft and marketing firm knows.
Its the same how politics work. Kamala harris isnt rigging the elections. She hires someone, who then hires someone who then hires someone. Multiple layers of separation so you can claim ignorance.
''Wow this marketting firm did such a good job, look how much real honest people like AshleyBraum92813 and ShawnMann281834 like the trailer of our game!''
works for people who are not in the culture war. and most people dont pay attention.
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All the positive comments are like that. AI-generated botting accounts.