▲ 668 ▼ A Reddit post promoting the Fediverse that actually gained traction (and Reddit deleted the top comment for promoting Lemmy) (www.reddit.com) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Die4Ever@programming.dev to c/fediverse@lemmy.world 88 comments fedilink hide all child comments I haven't seen Reddit give so much attention to the Fediverse in a long time. Maybe we can help them and answer some questions. https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1i6rp3o/decentralized_social_media_is_the_only/ https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1i6rp3o/decentralized_social_media_is_the_only/ https://www.404media.co/decentralized-social-media-is-the-only-alternative-to-the-tech-oligarchy/
[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) We should really avoid antromorphizing non-humans. Call them bots, like most of them probably are. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) In some spaces, that term is becoming really dehumanizing. People use “bot” to label anything they disagree with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, but I was being literal. A non-negligible number of those comments are likely being automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm quite certain that reddit has millions of bot accounts that repost old content and leverage AI to make human sounding comments. They serve two purposes, to simulate activity and interaction, and to disrupt discussions that reddit doesn't approve of, such as those about Lemmy or certain political issues. Why wouldn't they? It's a very simple decision for them, they need to protect their money and the shareholders money, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to accomplish that objective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago That's my impression as well. The activity over there doesn't align with the numbers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) In some spaces, that term is becoming really dehumanizing. People use “bot” to label anything they disagree with. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, but I was being literal. A non-negligible number of those comments are likely being automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm quite certain that reddit has millions of bot accounts that repost old content and leverage AI to make human sounding comments. They serve two purposes, to simulate activity and interaction, and to disrupt discussions that reddit doesn't approve of, such as those about Lemmy or certain political issues. Why wouldn't they? It's a very simple decision for them, they need to protect their money and the shareholders money, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to accomplish that objective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago That's my impression as well. The activity over there doesn't align with the numbers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Sure, but I was being literal. A non-negligible number of those comments are likely being automated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm quite certain that reddit has millions of bot accounts that repost old content and leverage AI to make human sounding comments. They serve two purposes, to simulate activity and interaction, and to disrupt discussions that reddit doesn't approve of, such as those about Lemmy or certain political issues. Why wouldn't they? It's a very simple decision for them, they need to protect their money and the shareholders money, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to accomplish that objective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago That's my impression as well. The activity over there doesn't align with the numbers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) I'm quite certain that reddit has millions of bot accounts that repost old content and leverage AI to make human sounding comments. They serve two purposes, to simulate activity and interaction, and to disrupt discussions that reddit doesn't approve of, such as those about Lemmy or certain political issues. Why wouldn't they? It's a very simple decision for them, they need to protect their money and the shareholders money, and they'll do whatever they have to in order to accomplish that objective. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago That's my impression as well. The activity over there doesn't align with the numbers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blaze@feddit.org 4 points 2 years ago That's my impression as well. The activity over there doesn't align with the numbers permalink fedilink source parent