Comment by PuppyTailWags

I believe one of the difficult parts of these bot posts is:

- there isn't a lot of $$$ in squashing them, since it lowers engagement numbers (engagement inflated by bots is still engagement)

- the cost of hammering down on a real user is high in terms of PR, moreso than the cost of letting a bot continue running

- no one's making them and they have no real competitors in this space, so what does it matter? where are YouTube's customers gonna go?