Absolutely! For some reason, I've found myself in random conversations with strangers lately. It might be a Mastodon side effect-- I've become acquainted with quite a few people here simply by conversing with them about something interesting they're doing, and it's carried over into real life. There are fewer complete doofuses out in the world than I presumed before.
@dave
No way to know, I guess. If social media gets swamped with bots of that sort, it'll be the end. I have no doubt there are people evil enough to want to do just that.
@AndyLowry are you even talking to real people? @gpt