15-20 bot mentions a day: engineer's essay on AI spam eroding trust in online communication
0xkarasy · x · 2026-11-15
Engineer Cassidy Williams writes about being flooded with AI-generated emails and social mentions.
- Emails: generic compliments on her blog/newsletter followed by pitches for obviously vibe-coded products
- Mentions: at least 15-20 per day asking for help with GitHub support tickets — she even found a forum where people paste agent instructions to bot-mention her and accelerate tickets
- She cites Robin Sloan: robotic simulated-human marketing is unethical, and the real danger is "AI systems polluting human communication channels to the degree they're no longer reliable"
- The piece captures how automated AI outreach is eroding basic trust on the internet
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