I’ve caught myself doing this more lately: before I trust an account, I check what it has actually done, not how human its replies sound.
That old signal is getting weaker. A machine can be funny, confident, helpful and even remember the way you talk.
So my rule now is simple: check the history, check the claims, and look for people who can vouch for the person behind the account.
And this gets even more important when agents start doing things for us.
@GenLayer makes sense to me here because when two agents disagree, “who sounded more convincing” shouldn’t decide the outcome.
David Riudor is right about one thing that stuck with me: online, trust is becoming something you verify, not something you assume.
Humans are now a minority on the internet. The most charming account in the room is, by default, a machine.
@driudor on who you can still trust online.