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Sure you can think about what they'll do in the future but I'm providing suggestions on what we can do now based on current behavior. And even if you're a human, you shouldn't be allowed to start posting links immediately anyways. :)
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For the record, I'm 100% in favour of talking about the present, and I'm fatigued about futuristic conversations, and don't find them usually productive.

So with that cleared, this is something that is happening NOW. A couple of years ago, the cutoff date meant that astroturfing like this had a return over months or years. Now with search tools, models can be updated in less than a day with astroturfed comments.




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