Sometimes I get into it to make fun of false accusations and dismantle their arguments with some claims, it is absurd how much FUD some try to put on the market, I don't know if they are bots hired by whales, but I don't see any other intention to come on a bitcoin forum to do that specifically.
No they are not bots . you can easily identify if a topic/thread is made by bots or a human by reading the body of the message inside it . also , there's nothing wrong about fuds or replying on to fuds discussion because this is an open forum anyway , which means anyone can give their own opinions . its only up to you if you will take it seriuosly .