Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it's all Reddit's fault - 9to5Mac
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Anybody want to encourage some Redditors to come to Lemmy or Piefed? A handful in this thread appear to be looking for alternatives.
That'd require visiting reddit.
Haha, you're right... I've vowed to stop commenting or posting on Reddit so I was seeing if anyone else wanted to take up the job.
A good portion of Reddit's demographic likes to visit SubredditSimulator. Those guys aren't exactly good conversationalists, though.
People looking for alternatives are usually looking for a new place to lurk and see stuff, they see a place they have to contribute to and nope out, I inly joined post permaban, even tho I was aware beforehand, for some reason felt like a barrier
I made so many forum accounts the week I got permabanned, I think reddit had trained my brain into thinking there was no point because of potential karma requirements to do stuff
I deleted my Reddit account over a year ago and don't want to make another one again, but there's a community for cross-promoting: ![email protected]
You can probably create a post on [email protected]
Maybe permabanning everyone who isn't a bot wasn't the best call but who knows
also going after the low-hanging fruits of bots, OF and linking/pedalling a business, and not the state actor propaganda firms. 50%bots/50% users is not a good sign.
Ai companies: ai will only get better!
SEO companies: hold my beer
With the way they hand out unfair permabans like they're candy and never actually approve any appeals, I'm surprised the bot to human ratio isn't bigger.
Fuck Steve