6 mo. ago • 97%

Dating site clearly states on ToS that all the hot girls nearby you are bots

And of course they want a credit card on file for "age verification" 😉 or they won't let you chat with the bots

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synthespian noun, trademark in US

a computer-generated three-dimensional character, either in a wholly animated film or in one that is a mixture of live action and computer animation.

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  Hey, Calculon's back!
  
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- I actually like that word. Feels like something out of a dystopian sci-fi novel.
  
  The Adventures of Flox Spanner 2209, by Donovan Cove
  
  Chapter 1: The Synthespian Uprising
  
  Or like it's how Poe from Altered Carbon would describe himself.
  
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  I'd like it more if it weren't a trademark.
  
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Yeah no, it's all right, you guys - it's a synthespian.

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And that's not just this one - thats 90% of all available dating-services

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- That's one of the big things that came out of the Ashley Madison hack, it wasn't just user profiles, it was site data too. Most of the womens profiles were fake.
  
  There was just a (Wired?) Article about being an only fans contract chatter, not a bot, but a low paid worker.
  
  Here it is https://www.wired.com/story/i-went-undercover-secret-onlyfans-chatter-wasnt-pretty/
  
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  Claiming that the whole thing is an "entertainment service", but forgetting to tell the customers/men. This ought to be illegal
  
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I always click on annoying ads just to fuck with their ad budget, this appeared after clicking on a fake download button.

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- Just curious, how does this affect companies' ad budget if you disinterestedly click on ads?
  
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  Because someone paid for that click, and will spend more money because of "how many clicks" they got.
  
  Basically, clicking on ads you aren't interested in wastes someone's money (and makes money for the site, depending on how the ads are bought/placed).
  
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  In theory, whomever is running the ad pays per click or w/e. In practice, it does nothing but expose your own system to potential risk.
  
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  Ads on website pay on a "pay for each click" basis. So for each click I waste 5 cents of their budget and hopefully end the campaign a bit earlier than expected
  
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I thought conversions matter most in the cost of ads

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