Replybots now ask interesting questions to fake engagement, notes Ethan Mollick
gandamu_ml · x · 2026-10-13
Ethan Mollick observes that X replybots have shifted tactics: instead of rephrasing posts with a "that's the part people miss" line, they now ask interesting questions that mimic genuine intellectual engagement — somehow worse. gandamuml replies that he sometimes answers anyway, both to surface answers for others and because reply activity boosts a thread's reach, an incentive he calls shrewd.
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