First, going to say that putting ads into Win10 is bad.
But I also wonder, how many people even use the start menu anymore? I almost never even look at mine. I use it for one thing: to shut down my computer. All of my most used apps are on the quick launch bar or are shortcuts on my desktop.
Get rid of it entirely. In another one of your comments you acknowledged that it "seemed" like the bot is an extension of the mods telling everyone else what to think. You are close. It doesn't seem that way, it is that way.
Also, bot is annoying AF. If you really are in love with so much, make it an opt-in service and it can DM all the psychos who want to be spammed by it.
I started noticing this 10 years ago. To me, this isn't some new phenomenon. However, it feels even worse now than it did back then.
The number one thing that makes me go JackieChanWTF.jpg is when people don't even know how to navigate through directories.
Is The Crow this year's Morbius?