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[-] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago

Do you mean “in another 0 years” because reddit is at least 50% bots, possibly as high as 70% depending on the study

[-] Naz@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Reddit's /r/changemyview was revealed to be a social experiment carried out by some university, and LLMs/bots were 99% more effective than human speakers in persuading others that their viewpoints were right.

Take that information and roll with it into Edward Bernays methodology of psychology-based advertising and you'll see what Modern Reddit (RIP Schwartz) actually is.

[-] Venat0r@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

but the bots were obvious until they started using LLMs, which was probably around 2022 that it became common...

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