I'm getting burnt out on all my moderation actions being against fucking AI. Like, I never thought I'd say it, but I miss suspending Nazis and bigots—at least they were real people who would give up after a while—these LLMs just go on and on, and they don't give a shit if they're suspended or rejected.
#FuckLLMs (but also #FuckNazis and #FuckBigots)
It's getting bad. Like 80+% of our instance applications are AI-generated now, and it's a huge waste of time to action them.
There seem to be several different models, and they all use throwaway email providers and VPNs.
We have one model that just "wants community" in a couple sentences, one that is looking for "tech-minded, open source friends", one that just spews word-salad, one that copies and pastes other people's bios, and at least a couple that try various plausible messages.
The better they get, the more resources it takes us to identify and reject them.
They're like fucking fruit flies.
@ember a number of admins I know do that, but even $1 is enough to stop almost all bad actors.
The issue then is that it requires making someone give up some anonymity to register, and tying a purchase linked to a queer instance to them, which can put them in danger in places where it isn't safe to be queer.
There are ways to make that safer, of course, but it's still a concern.
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emberrrr :3 🏳️⚧️🇩🇰