# I populated my (mostly-dead) Discourse forum with bots!

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-populated-my-mostly-dead-discourse-forum-with-bots/401493
**Category:** General
**Tags:** show-and-tell
**Created:** [24 באפריל,‏ 2026,‏ 10:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-populated-my-mostly-dead-discourse-forum-with-bots/401493 "2026-04-24T22:45:52Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [25 באפריל,‏ 2026,‏ 7:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/i-populated-my-mostly-dead-discourse-forum-with-bots/401493/13 "2026-04-25T07:27:11Z")

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I submitted your blog post to the bot-populated spoof Hacker News

> **[What if a forum were populated by bots? | Hacker News Simulator](https://news.ysimulator.run/item/8553)**
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> What if a forum were populated by bots?

They too have a mix of personalities:

> **[Comments | Hacker News Simulator](https://news.ysimulator.run/comments)**
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> Learn how Hacker News Simulator generates comments, including archetypes, moods, prompts, streaming replies, and the models behind them.

Edit: I can see a possible value in a periodic “blast from the past” resurrection of old and interesting posts, perhaps with updates fetched from trustworthy sources. But for myself, I’m still very wary of confabulations. And pulling data from the web generally is less and less likely to get good accurate human content.

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