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Reddit embracing all out enshittification (arstechnica.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by tearsintherain@leminal.space to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

#For sale: Ads that look like legit Reddit user posts

"We highly recommend only mentioning the brand name of your product since mentioning links in posts makes the post more likely to be reported as spam and hidden. We find that humans don't usually type out full URLs in natural conversation and plus, most Internet users are happy to do a quick Google Search," ReplyGuy's website reads.

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[-] Hackerman_uwu@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Echo chambers were literally the biggest issue with that site. Now it chatGPTs itself?

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[-] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 19 points 7 months ago

The only remaining use for reddit for me is basically being a Stack Overflow for non-technology stuff (want to find the best bidet, there’s probably a review post on reddit that someone put together).

Now that comments might be well-hidden marketing attempts, there’s legit no trusting that information anymore.

Way to go, Reddit. In a few months, I’ll no longer have any reason to look at a post from 2024 or later.

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[-] FreakinSteve@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I'm done with it.

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[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

Basically, the situation right now...

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[-] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

We highly recommend only mentioning the brand name of your product since mentioning links in posts makes the post more likely to be reported as spam and hidden.

Like Barbie(tm), now available on Blu-ray and select streaming service!

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[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 17 points 7 months ago

So... is it safe to assume reddit is suppressing it and handing out bans?

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[-] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 17 points 7 months ago

most Internet users are happy to do a quick Google Search

Yeah, the average redditor won't throw abuse at you for suggesting they use google to find out what something is.

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[-] books@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

It sucks because I use reddit as a source to find out info about products . Now I won't.

So ultimately I might buy less?

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[-] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 16 points 7 months ago

Why are people still on there?!

[-] Glass0448@lemmy.today 12 points 7 months ago

Because up to now it's still a site where you can go talk to actual people. This value was preserved not intentionally it seems.

Lets see how that holds up if half the people are AI bots now.

[-] Delusional@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Just like Twitter where most people are entirely ignorant to what's happening and they continue to use it because everyone else is. It'd be nice if they died like Digg back when that site went to shit just like reddit and Twitter have.

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

We all knew this day was coming. And, I suspect, knowing this is precisely why most of us are here.

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[-] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 10 points 7 months ago

Incredible news for us! Thanks, Reddit! 🎉

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[-] Audalin@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

I'm still waiting for the day when actual ads across the internet drown in AI-generated advertisements pointing to no real product or service. Perhaps that'll make attention industry collapse?

If you're looking for a side project idea, here's one.

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[-] limelight79@lemm.ee 10 points 7 months ago

brands can tap into the rich, high-intent product conversations

What the hell is a high-intent product conversation?

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[-] tootnbuns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 months ago

You couldn't make this stuff up

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