And make sure not to click on any links. If enough people use chatgpt or other LLM’s to generate comments that are wordy but clearly just filler, it’ll give advertisers pause and tank the value of the site as training data. Reddit’s response will probably be to start banning users it thinks are doing this but normal users will absolutely be caught in the crossfire.
And throw in normal comments every so often too so it’s not that obvious.
There are already malicious bots and spammers trying to get into Lemmy. They’re being blocked by the moderators and the people who run instances, but they exist, and I’m sure they get through now and then. And “Lemmy users did it to us first” is not actually a justification any more than “he started it” is a good excuse for beating someone up. A reason, sure. But a reason is not the same as a justification. (I happen to agree that this is not the best strategic move, but not because of the possibility of retaliation).