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Add bots concerns

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%TODO: gibts es vergleichbare concerns zu den Gamification concerns bei semi-automated tools bei anderen mechanismen?
% comment on botophobia for bots
%Concerns
To wrap up, people have been long sceptical (and some still are) about the employment of fully automated agents such as bots within Wikipedia. %TODO that's not exactly wrapping up..
Above all, there is a fear of bots (above all syn such with admin permissions) running rampant and their operators not reacting fast enough to prevent the damage.
This led to the social understanding that ``bots ought to be better behaved than people''~\cite{Geiger2011} which still plays a crucial role in bot development today.
\section{Semi-automated tools}
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note = {\url{http://www.stuartgeiger.com/papers/geiger-wikisym-bots.pdf}}
}
@incollection{Geiger2011,
author = {Geiger, R. Stuart},
title = {The Lives of Bots},
booktitle = {Critical point of view. A Wikipedia Reader},
editor = {Lovink, Geert W. and Tkacz, Nathaniel},
publisher = {Institute of Network Cultures},
address = {Amsterdam},
year = {2011}
}
@article{Geiger2014,
author = {Geiger, R Stuart},
title = {Bots, bespoke code and the materiality of software platforms},
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