The level of engagement on Reddit these days
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/22092764...
the mods have gone psycho over at reddit
someone on a subreddit said they had brain bleeding. i asked how it happened. a mod immediately removed it and said that it was an intrusive comment or some nonsense…i messaged them asking them to explain how, and i explained how i thought it would actually be beneficial for the readers if they decided to answer and that they...
Has this sub turned into a training ground for AI LLM? (old.reddit.com)
Used to love the gaming and gaming related sub-reddits. Its sad what its become. While /c/gaming (and other related lemmy instances) may not be as active, it feels like it has much more human reactions than reddit at this point....
Account suspended
Browsing Reddit at work like I’ve literally done every work day for the last six years, suddenly Reddit won’t let me vote. Says my account has been suspended, but all I have to do is reset my password, using the email address I have on file. I don’t have one. Can’t get the email to reset the password, can’t add an...
Is Lemmy a good alternative?
New here. Migrated from Reddit. Still trying to figure out Lemmy - what’s everyone’s experiences like coming from Reddit and does Lemmy serve as a good alternative? Pros and cons/differences?...
Reddit Will License Its Data to Train LLMs, So We Made a Firefox Extension That Lets You Replace Your Comments With Any (Non-Copyrighted) Text - The Luddite (theluddite.org)
Sound Off: How many 10+ year redditors have left the site?
I was just browsing a thread on c/nfl looking for new mods. There were multiple 12+ year Redditors there offering to help....
Let's pay millions to train a model on memes and sarcastic posts, WCGW? (twitter.com)
Google artificial “intelligence” suggested to add glue to let cheese stick to the pizza, because a decade ago user fucksmith on reddit said so
Reddit’s Goon Cave Community Has Been Banned (www.404media.co)
Is DDG down? [post by user Redatari on Reddit] (www.reddit.com)
They moved the award button into the spot where the reply button used to be on the mobile app. (lemmy.world)
Just in case Reddit needed to make it more obvious where their priorities lie.
Rewards are coming "We messed up – sorry" (www.reddit.com)
When did reddit turn Facist?
Historically, I’ve perceived Reddit as slightly left leaning, with strong pockets of conservatives. Recently though, a vast majority of comment sections seem to excuse violence, such as in this thread (TW: police brutality), where people say things like...
OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts (www.theverge.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15479755...
Changes to old Reddit login flow - r/help (libreddit.kavin.rocks)
-modified the original reddit link to point to a privacy frontend-...
What is phycologically wrong Reddit's community? (lemmy.ml)
Reddit has blocked all my VPS IPs (from all over the world)
It tells me I have to register to view posts! It has blocked all my VPS IPs. From random places:...
OpenAI, Reddit teaming in deal that will bring Reddit's content to ChatGPT (abcnews.go.com)
Survey for Blind and Visually Impaired Individuals (docs.google.com)
Hi everyone,...
So Long, and Thanks for All the Feedback - Minecraft Devs leave Reddit (imgur.com)
Just saw this, and didnt see it here....
Got permanent ban in r/LGBT and when i asked why I got a 3 day ban for promoting hate. (lemmy.world)
This was my conment on a post saying that pregnant people should always be used instead of pregnant women. My comment was under someone saying vitamins for pregnant women should say vitamins for pregnant people. I have a trans son and many trans friends. My comment was not promoting hate! Fucking reddit mods
r/The_Donald helped radicalize users into far-right identities and discourse – Active users on r/The_Donald increasingly used white nationalist vocabularies in their comments within three months. (journals.sagepub.com)
I know most people that were on reddit at the time are fully aware of this and won’t be surprised but don’t dismiss the findings out of hand. It’s important that studies are being conducted and the fact that the finding match our lived experience is still noteworthy.
Reddit shares soar 14% after company reports revenue pop in debut earnings report (www.cnbc.com)
There's apparently a Reddit activity streak achievement system now. (lemmy.world)
I just noticed this when I saw a strange “Achievement Unlocked” notification pop up on Reddit. What do you think of this? It seems like a retention tactic to me, like what Amino had with its streak leaderboards, and GameFAQs currently has with streak achievements for logging on ten days in a row and also for all days of a...