Reddit embracing all out enshittification

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

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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Sugarian,
@Sugarian@eldritch.cafe avatar

@tearsintherain I see repost bots on the front page all the time now

digital_alchemist,

There’s something sad about society losing a such a unique source of knowledge, but hopefully we’ve collectively learned something about the dangers of trusting proprietary solutions.

Anyone found a reliable way to search across Lemmy instances they can share?

Localhorst86,

narrator voice

They have not learned anything about the dangers of trusting proprietary solutions.

J12,

Once my narwhal stops working (haven’t updated and I’m not giving a penny to Reddit) I’ll likely never go back.

Narwhal is trash compared to Apollo by the way, I only use it for one subreddit. I wish that sub would migrate over here so I can browse using the Voyager app.

Darken,
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    Lurker,

    I don’t think about reddit unless I see these posts. Good for me!

    dumpsterlid,

    Lemmy Flood Gates right now.

    https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c5e5ca72-efa2-405f-8c17-3e04234b182b.gif

    The control room has alarms going off and on the main screen it just says “LET ‘R RIP” in blinking red letters.

    gandalf_der_12te,

    fire is hot, water is wet. More news at 10

    MargotRobbie,
    @MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

    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™, now available on Blu-ray and select streaming service!

    Localhorst86,

    Thank you, Oscar-winning actress Margot Robbie.

    tigeruppercut,

    Thanks actress Margot Robbie!

    tootnbuns,

    You couldn’t make this stuff up

    Hackerman_uwu,

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

    lemmyingly,

    All communities have echo chambers, including those of Lemmy.

    Hackerman_uwu,

    Agreed. Reddit now has ai generated echo chambers.

    InvaderDJ,

    It has definitely become more noticeable on Reddit that huge numbers of either compromised or sold accounts are being used by bots to sell shit. They are in basically every thread now, getting upvoted to appear more legit until someone calls them out and they delete their content.

    Reddit is definitely on the way down. And a decent amount along the way. But unfortunately, it still is the best option for a modern day message board. I want to use Lemmy more, but there just isn’t enough content being posted by enough people.

    flango,

    Bot spotted!

    JustARegularNerd,

    It’s understandable that you suspect InvaderDJ as a bot, but rest assured that InvaderDJ is not a bot. This is a troubling time for you, so it is important that you reach out to friends and family members to ensure your safety in learning of this news.

    I implore you to consider reaching out to the website www.totallylegitrecommendation.org to further test if other users you suspect are bots or not, they only require a $54.99/month subscription but is well worth it. Free and confidential.

    In terms of detecting bot accounts, it is important to consider the worthiness of detecting bot accounts to begin with. From there, you can then determine which financial advisor you should seek out so that you are able to be financially stable during this troubling time whilst also supporting my overlords on www.totallylegitrecommendation.org who make use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning algorithms to determine with a 99.77% success rate, if users you find on the internet are bot accounts.

    flango,

    thank you so much. your response means a lot to me, and definitely helps me feel less burdened by the struggle 🥹

    i’m just glad im aware of the issues and it’s not too late to take action and help myself

    atocci,
    atocci avatar

    I've gotten very used to the amount of content on here and using the different sorting options to find active discussion. It's not even close to the amount of content on Reddit, but that's not a bad thing imo.

    sandman,

    But unfortunately, it still is the best option for a modern day message board.

    For small communities that don’t have a significant lemmy presence? Sure, for now.

    I’m never going back to a community that can remove news-related posts without a modlog. That’s just asking for censorship and abuse by bad actors.

    InvaderDJ,

    That’s a principled stance.

    Socsa,

    Jesus Christ it’s like how you know that skull fucking grandma would be awful, but actually seeing it happen is a whole different level of fucked up.

    limelight79,

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

    What the hell is a high-intent product conversation?

    dual_sport_dork,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

    People talking about topics the marketing-droids feel is likely to result in the sale of a product, i.e., “What is the best X to buy?”

    bitwaba,

    High chance of product purchase.

    InvaderDJ,

    Via context clues I think this means conversations that have a high likelyhood of buying something.

    Like a thread asking for a phone recommendation is likely going to end in a sale. But it’s written by a PR drone and thus doesn’t look like English.

    andros_rex,

    I think it’s harder to post to Reddit as a human being than it is as a bot. You have to read like six paragraphs of text (which doesn’t show up on old Reddit) to make sure that your post is formatted correctly, and then a mod will look through your comment history and ban you because they read everything you’ve ever posted and discovered that you own a car or something.

    nytrixus,

    “Sorry bruh! Your account needs to be 1 year old to post!”

    “Sorry buckarino! Your account is just too damn young!”

    “Sorry! But we like intelligent conversation in this subreddit” While the content of the subreddit consists of people asking braindead questions and low-hanging fruit content.

    “Sorry! Please read all of the rules that subscribed members of our subreddit regularly break, but not YOU!”

    paddirn,

    That was one of the things that kept pissing me off about Reddit when I was there, the arcane rules and requirements for posting on some of the subs. “Sorry I didn’t read your subreddit’s manifesto, I thought I had a quick post that was relevant to r/stinkybuttholes, my bad I didn’t realize that I wasn’t using the minimum amount of flair in my post.” I just started blocking communities like that, rather than continue to see their posts anymore.

    sandman,

    Power-tripping mods are the bane of the modern internet.

    ipkpjersi,

    Twitter does the same thing and it’s horrible lmao

    NateNate60,

    I really would like to quit Reddit but I have to admit that Reddit has a lot more variety in terms of content, so I’ll keep using it until Boost for Reddit finally breaks for good.

    50% of the content on Lemmy falls into four categories:

    • Posts complaining about Reddit
    • Linux memes
    • Commieposting
    • Porn
    boatsnhos931,

    What else do you need??

    Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In,

    Cat videos?

    boatsnhos931,

    Let me see that pussycat gurl

    pressanykeynow,

    Warhammer 40k obviously.

    crapwittyname,

    How is Boost still working for you? I just get a failed to refresh message

    piexil,

    If it’s like reddit sync you’ll need to patch it with revanced

    nytrixus,

    Not like Reddit is any different, there’s just a lot more of it.

    BreadOven,

    You’re forgetting star trek discussions and memes.

    Socsa,
    • getting banned for not worshipping Stalin.
    Allero,

    Was banned on Lemmygrad for exactly that - said Stalin’s policies had both up- and downsides.

    Was apparently enough.

    (For the record, I’m a full-blown communist)

    dual_sport_dork,
    @dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar
    • Cats
    • Memes about cats
    • Cats using Linux
    • Owning a car is evil and you should be ashamed
    • You should have a cat instead
    • We hate Elon Musk
    • Knives

    (Hey, at least I’m trying.)

    Chriszz,

    add comics and complaining about the world to that list and you’ve got 95% of lemmy content

    InvaderDJ,

    The break down of the content isn’t my biggest issue. The problem is that there just isn’t enough content.

    Thankfully some mobile apps besides the official still work and Old Reddit still works on desktop.

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