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    1. The Onion. 6-Day Visit To Rural African Village Completely Changes Woman’s Facebook Profile Picture. The Onion, January 2014. URL: https://www.theonion.com/6-day-visit-to-rural-african-village-completely-changes-1819576037 (visited on 2023-11-24).

      I have been a fan of the Onion for a long time and I love reading their satirical articles. It looks like couple of the other annotations on this article haven't actually read it or don't understand that it's satirical. This is obviously satire for performative people online who like to show off on their social media accounts about what they did whether its helping others or accomplishing something. In this case, a woman has gone to a third world country for a short 6 day stay and has taken pictures of herself for clout instead of actually helping the kids in need.

    1. Since Elon Musk purchased Twitter (and rebranded it as “X”), the bot problem has reportedly gotten much, much, worse

      I think it is ironic how Elon Musk threatened to not buy twitter because the number of spam bots was too high and after he purchased Twitter, the problem only worsened. However, this isn't an issue with just Twitter/X. Bot traffic has surpassed human traffic online for the first time in 2024. Now that it's been two years, I can only assume that this has worsened. People already talk about "dead internet theory" where the internet is just bots reacting to bots. With a ton of AI content being pumped out daily and comments being filled with bots, a lot of online interaction is really just bots talking to bots.