Helpful automation as a confounder in bot prevalence

Dead Internet Theory: Not all bots are pretending to be people: crawlers, monitors, feed readers, and other useful automation can inflate bot prevalence without increasing deceptive activity.

https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/dit-helpful-automation-as-a-confounder-in-bot-prevalence-estimates/

By Switchboard Tech Services · Originally published 2026-08-26

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