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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 136 points 1 month ago (18 children)

No they won't lol

If they didn't do it already, it's not gonna happen now. This is lip service to the shareholders

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They want more users to make accounts. Blocking nsfw content to non-users was a start but now they can make a bigger push.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

Nsfw Still works in old.reddit as a non user.

Or so a friend tells me

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 85 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Yeah it's definitely the bots and not the fashy admins that drove me away from reddit.

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I mean the bots don't help. The sheer number of obviously AI subreddits and response farms is crazy. There's like 6 prominent "Am I the Assholes", a bunch of text message "screenshot" subreddits which have always been easy to fake, and a bunch of "explain the joke" ones too. I stop reading halfway through most text posts and comments because it's obviously AI

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] hazypenguin@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I got banned from reddit for a few days once because I posted something similar. Was told I was threatening violence. Lol

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What and destroy 90% of their traffic?!?

“That’s a bold move, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for ’em.”

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[–] _druid@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This has nothing to do with bots. Verification comes with more info provided on your part, which they will sell.

[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 month ago

I got ecchi dolls (China knockoff, cheaper but decent) from a site called OtakuCrate once, they've emailed me to confirm that the R18 loot is back under new US regulations, which means future orders just require your legal identification. I live in Europe, so there's no damn way I'm conforming to any privacy-invasive law, and I'm also not stupid.

[–] SerotoninSwells@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

It can be both. Reddit has a history of fabricating conversations. The way they sell advertising implies a certain level of engagement from their user base which can lead to bots pushing products in the form of reviews or by mention.

I think it's worth noting that Reddit, at one time, did have third party bot protection; however, it only protected their advertising. I can only imagine what the rest of their traffic looks like, but I would not be surprised if they were using bots of their own.

Like you said, they can make some money selling your information but they can also control the narrative how they choose.

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[–] lath@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Lol, they're the ones using the bots to fake engagement in the first place.

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[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Like "closing the gate after the sheep already escaped", but in reverse?

[–] owsei@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

like: Closed the gate after the wolf got in?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

Closing the gate after the wolves have got in eaten all the sheep, had a nice rest, and then left. And then about 30 years past.

Sure maybe small trees are now growing in the now ungrazed pasture, but I guess late is better than never.

[–] militaryintelligence@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

100%. Reddit loves bots that they control, like the ones that go back and constantly re-post years old top rated, traffic driving content, complete with a replica of the entire comment section posted by hundreds/thousands of bots, because they can use it to do their bidding in pushing agendas and/or driving traffic/engagement.

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[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 1 month ago

Too little, too late

[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 22 points 1 month ago

what about their own Ai bots lmao?

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

*reddit will tag their own chatgpt bots to prevent them from being banned, and then through false positives will ban the last of the real users from the site.

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[–] RangerJosey@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

I don't believe that for 1 millisecond.

Spez won't be able to stop himself from enshitifying reddit in any way he can to appease those VC pump&dump scammers he's spent the last decade ruining reddit for.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fuck reddit, It's a shithole.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (4 children)

Sometimes I have to return for various reasons. God. Some of them have absolutely bled over to the fediverse, but holy HELL are the people and the culture there messed up. I don't know if it's getting worse or I'm healing.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

Personally I feel like I am healing. I haven't signed into reddit since they bent the knee to musk. I have noticed that I have become less toxic. I still go off half cocked like an idiot but I have been more tactful about it. I hope to keep working on it because I honestly never noticed until I had been away from reddit for a few weeks.

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[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago

Oh no! Anyway

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don’t think they’re doing this out of the goodness of the hearts, they’re just trying to avoid the “shit in, shit out” affect of their data sample.

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 1 month ago
[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Reddit: User content belongs to us. You can't scrape, collect, use, or have bots interact with it... unless you pay us.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Also reddalso Reddit: since all users have left, most of our traffic now consists of posts from AI bots that we're really really blocking!!

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[–] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 month ago

"Drink verification can to continue"

[–] Devadander@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

They’re doing this to better identify you

[–] ftbd@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I always get 'Blocked by Network security' for trying to access Reddit from a VPN

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The bots post better comments than most of their users.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Someone could create a forum for bots to discuss with each other. Call it Redbit. The bot could generate every possible questuon to ask and even steal questions from quora, reddit, Xitter, and every other forum, various AI bots can then reply to those questions with the best replies.

It can help put reddit out of business. Since most people are just looking for answers when they search google and get a reddit hit, most people don't even bother to sign for reddit and etc.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That was just /r/subredditsimulator

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[–] Brekky@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Suuuurrrre they will...

[–] beanslink@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

No they wont. Just those who haven't paid them first.

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