This is probably the best summary for how tech business works

I have some tiny bit of doubts left but at least it does sound like one possible reason for people swarming servers with bots

I have went through a similiar phase a few years ago after starting university and moving to a different city. A few years later I had the opportunity to get me some nice computer for very little money which brought me back into gaming but I honestly dont remember which game I played first.

What is something someone can gain by swarming an instance or forums like yours with bots? I cant wrap my head around it. Also if someone has an instance and swarms it with bot accounts, it may seem like you got a popular instance but where is the revenue if there are noone who is able to click an ad? Do they do it just for the lols?

No they do not have to install them by themselves but goverment intelligence agencies or police may use them against journalists.

I wonder how people come up with the bot superstition? Just a feeling or is there any valid indication of massive influx of bot accounts?

As I am totally new to this whole thing, could you elaborate for me on those reservations about the lemmy developers? And are those the same that created lemmy.world?

This sounds so fucked up man. Reddit is really killing itself