Endless Thread

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Lemmy placeholder and fan community for the Endless Thread podcast. Podcast hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into.untold histories, unsolved mysteries and other wild stories from online communities, collaborating with members of those online communities. Produced by WBUR, Boston's NPR station.

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The bots are here to stay, and they're everywhere. The trouble is, learning how to spot them.

On this week's episode of Endless Thread, Ben and Amory discuss two stories from Reddit about undercover bots. First — is there such a thing as an easy tell for identifying bots? Second, what happens when internet users accept bots as fellow humans, only to discover the truth later?

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