Not exactly a "new idea"--people have written numerous commenting bots for Reddit. It is a part of why so many Reddit mods are ruthlessly intolerant and ban-happy. It seems that r/advice's mods haven't figured this out yet. Or maybe they just don't care.Bbb23sucks wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:55 amLook at this. Advanced LLM bots blatantly operating on Reddit:
Thoughts on Reddit?
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Re: Thoughts on Reddit?
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Re: Thoughts on Reddit?
"monetizing our user base"
Ha ha ha. Come on, don't tell me you are "surprised" by this.
https://www.404media.co/reddit-we-are-i ... er-base-2/
And right there on the sidebar next to it, AI-generated fake books:
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-ka ... od-amazon/
Ha ha ha. Come on, don't tell me you are "surprised" by this.
https://www.404media.co/reddit-we-are-i ... er-base-2/
And right there on the sidebar next to it, AI-generated fake books:
https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-ka ... od-amazon/
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Re: Thoughts on Reddit?
https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditCritique ... k_by_2050/
Obviously Huffman is trying anything and everything to attract advertisers and investors--while he continues to own controlling shares in the company. That is a clear sign he wants to be Zucc. Reddit is a totally different beast and he's dreaming.
Obviously Huffman is trying anything and everything to attract advertisers and investors--while he continues to own controlling shares in the company. That is a clear sign he wants to be Zucc. Reddit is a totally different beast and he's dreaming.
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Re: Thoughts on Reddit?
r/WikipediaAdmins banned: https://old.reddit.com/r/WikipediaAdmins
"Globally banned" since September 5, 2023 for exposing harassment.
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Re: Thoughts on Reddit?
Any idea why? I didn't look at it recently but don't recall seeing anything much different from r/wikipediacriticism or the like.Bbb23sucks wrote: ↑Mon Jun 24, 2024 9:43 pmr/WikipediaAdmins banned: https://old.reddit.com/r/WikipediaAdmins
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Re: Thoughts on Reddit?
The voting system favors attention seeking, spectacle, censorship and assent. The structure of the forum itself makes it difficult to have an actual discussion, which are stuffed away like dirty laundry behind several 'expand buttons', as it were. To put it another way, Reddit favors exposition over conversation. I have no idea how anyone could find it addictive. It's one of the worst websites on the internet.
It's almost too easy to criticize reddit, and I wouldn't even bother except that the website is so inconceivably popular. There's probably an entire generation of people who are socially and linguistically stunted because of reddit and the cheap social validation it provides. Using reddit is a pavlovian exercise where one does not need to articulate an argument or point using words, but instead participates by mashing a button or issuing their judgement via a short quip. A site full of echo chambers wherein one can be censored under the pretext of democratic "voting". I sincerely do not understand the attraction.
It's almost too easy to criticize reddit, and I wouldn't even bother except that the website is so inconceivably popular. There's probably an entire generation of people who are socially and linguistically stunted because of reddit and the cheap social validation it provides. Using reddit is a pavlovian exercise where one does not need to articulate an argument or point using words, but instead participates by mashing a button or issuing their judgement via a short quip. A site full of echo chambers wherein one can be censored under the pretext of democratic "voting". I sincerely do not understand the attraction.