one of the most human spaces left on the internet

Journalism once again demonstrating they are about 10-15 years behind on the times. Did they forget reddit completely broke back in 2016 when the_donald left the place in a permanent troll state.

I'm not going to read the article on account of time right now but I'm guessing it's written as if reddit was invented yesterday and the prior 20 years of reddit history is didn't happen.

It hasn't been human since the early 2010s. Reddit was botted to death long before LLMs.

I hate that now there's even automated profiles managed by AIs which basically ragebait constantly on normal subreddits. And im not even talking about large ones. Heck this must be the worst psyop ever made in recent history

oh no

spez is ruining reddit for everyone.

and venture capitalists.

imagine ruining reddit

Is? It's done already. But the bots got there years ago, so who really cares about now.

Yes. But, to perhaps a lower extent, this headline is also true if you change 'Reddit' to 'the internet'.

It's ruining far more than reddit.

Here's the thing though, Reddit provided a lot of AI training data. Now AI content is ruining Reddit. This is like a large corporation making millions off cider and then destroying the orchard.

can't they block accounts? fedi spoils us

Good...GOOD

I went on reddit yesterday just for a minute. Saw a post about some guy asking what he could do with a small hallway like space in his house (imagine a small walk in closet without the door). Almost every response I opened up was an AI generated image. That thread alone probably wasted a small swimming pool of water just cause some people couldn't be arsed to copy and paste a server rack.

Reddit was ruined long before AI came into the picture. that place hasn't been good for a decade.

I regret wasting all those years trying to fight back all the bots I flagged on that hot garbage platform.

But I'm grateful that I gained skills on how to identify an LLM bot from a mile away.

Now that they're starting to creep in Lemmy, I'm prepared.

Who was this a surprise to exactly?

Oh My God, Who CARES!? I left Reddit for here awhile ago. The only reason I keep a single account there, is if they have a solution to a problem I have and have to look it up.

Nope, can't ruin it for me because I have left this cursed place.