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no ; reddit is ruining reddit for everyone.
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Reddit was one of the most human places on the Internet, until King Steven the Turd decided that it’s human interactions were a valuable resource that he could sell.
Now, it’s all just bots talking to bots to learn how to sound human.
The engagement bots constantly peppering my comments with inane remarks to draw a reaction is what drove me to Lemmy. I was there early on, and it was awesome. As its popularity grew, it became less nice, but I still enjoyed going there. In the end, I didn’t feel like commenting because I knew that I’d just get hit with stupid responses calculated to draw a response. It just felt harassing.
peppering my comments with inane remarks to draw a reaction
They’re here, too.
I occasionally see comments to the effect of, “Oh, really? Can you tell me more about that?” That seem pretty likely to just be bots trying to generate data on certain topics for AI training. Thankfully, most people seem to ignore them.
Now, it’s all just bots talking to bots to learn how to sound human.
Reddit was ruined for me a couple of years ago and AI wasn’t involved. I no longer interact there but I do still read Reddit occasionally. Personally I find it difficult to wade through hundreds of one-liners without forgetting what the post was about.
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I find the usefulness of a subreddit is inversely proportional to its size (popularity). There are still some good ones but they are quite small.
I had hoped Lemmy would fill this void for me but it’s still too small overall such that the smallest communities are barely active at all. Thus I tend to just scroll the feed of everything and see what catches my eye, admittedly a much less useful way to spend my time since I get sucked into ragebait instead of discussing cool hobbies.
Libreddit FTW
That thing hasn’t been maintained for almost 3 years.
There is a fork that usually works: https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib
Nice. Thanks. I’ll install it in a Proxmox LXC.
Now AI is also ruining reddit users ruining reddit!
What, did /u/spez change his name to /u/AI_Slop?
Yes. But, to perhaps a lower extent, this headline is also true if you change ‘Reddit’ to ‘the internet’.
Or “most things” even.
Yup very true. Even parts of Lemmy are showing brain rot, some instances are trying to limit to actual humans but there are ways around it.
spez is ruining reddit for everyone.
and venture capitalists.
Yeah, but did you hear? Spez is a billionaire now! The last step of the business model! Great job everyone!
Reddit was ruined long before AI came into the picture. that place hasn’t been good for a decade.
Not for me! I left that place years ago…
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Yeah right I remember the good old wholesome days of jailbait.
Reddit has been ruined for a while now, this is just it getting worse.
lmfao no, corporate greed and “shareholder value” is ruining both AI and reddit (and pretty much everything else) for everyone.
Default subs were already heavily astroturfed garbage. Smaller subs still generally fly under the radar, for now at least.
I am thankful for reddit becoming a mess and Trump made me ditch american companies anyway.
Otherwise I never would have discovered Lemmy.
Reddit is now Facebook 2.0.
