▲ 922 ▼ Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots (techcrunch.com) submitted 1 week ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 322 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 110 points 1 week ago (14 children) Reddit is slowly dying. It will eventually be 100% bots. permalink fedilink source hideshow 14 child comments replies: [–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago It will be Facebook 2.0. A place where boomers and bots dwell. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ifiokambrose@piefed.social 1 point 6 days ago (1 child) See my Reddit alternative: Zyke Design was inspired by piefed. Had 3k hits last month permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] M137@lemmy.today 1 point 6 days ago Ok...? This is such an odd comment, it's like you're not aware of lemmy and piefed etc. being alternatives while using one of them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago (1 child) When I left Reddit years ago I was already convinced than more than half the accounts were bots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago During the exodus, it felt like 20-30% permalink fedilink source parent [–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 33 points 1 week ago (3 children) Anything with an even mildly AI-adjacent topic is a solid 75% bots right now... /r/nvidia, /r/amd, /r/hardware, etc, etc.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago They ruined r/foss and on a track to finish off r/selfhosted, my beloved. S/selfhosted used to be mega cool place to be. Today it is plain depressing. And an actual user activity there dropped to almost zero. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) the "meat" is where all the propaganda can target like the front page subs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 1 point 6 days ago Absolutely. Frontpage stuff like /r/politics has been mostly bots & trolls farms since well-before the AIpocalypse. AI just took much of the burden off the human hand on that rudder. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago (1 child) thats whats FB has become. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago FB is really garbage. permalink fedilink source parent [–] paraproto@szmer.info 10 points 1 week ago I want to believe. But X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook are still there. It may be a long death which is indistinguishable from (low-quality) life. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago I'd like to believe it is but I also know that the majority of people online do not give a damn about user experience and things getting shittier. I do not understand these people, but its because of them this shit is still happening. If they all left sites like reddit there'd be no incentive to become shittier and shittier. Not trying to shift blame though, in the first place its companies like reddit even coming up with strategy who are to blame. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago I was chased out by admin in 2024, after a long line of accounts were violated for abuses that were falsely alleged. Because Israel I suspect. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago It will be Facebook 2.0. A place where boomers and bots dwell. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ifiokambrose@piefed.social 1 point 6 days ago (1 child) See my Reddit alternative: Zyke Design was inspired by piefed. Had 3k hits last month permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] M137@lemmy.today 1 point 6 days ago Ok...? This is such an odd comment, it's like you're not aware of lemmy and piefed etc. being alternatives while using one of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] M137@lemmy.today 1 point 6 days ago Ok...? This is such an odd comment, it's like you're not aware of lemmy and piefed etc. being alternatives while using one of them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 70 points 1 week ago (1 child) When I left Reddit years ago I was already convinced than more than half the accounts were bots. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago During the exodus, it felt like 20-30% permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago During the exodus, it felt like 20-30% permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 33 points 1 week ago (3 children) Anything with an even mildly AI-adjacent topic is a solid 75% bots right now... /r/nvidia, /r/amd, /r/hardware, etc, etc.. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago They ruined r/foss and on a track to finish off r/selfhosted, my beloved. S/selfhosted used to be mega cool place to be. Today it is plain depressing. And an actual user activity there dropped to almost zero. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) the "meat" is where all the propaganda can target like the front page subs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 1 point 6 days ago Absolutely. Frontpage stuff like /r/politics has been mostly bots & trolls farms since well-before the AIpocalypse. AI just took much of the burden off the human hand on that rudder. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago They ruined r/foss and on a track to finish off r/selfhosted, my beloved. S/selfhosted used to be mega cool place to be. Today it is plain depressing. And an actual user activity there dropped to almost zero. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago (1 child) the "meat" is where all the propaganda can target like the front page subs. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 1 point 6 days ago Absolutely. Frontpage stuff like /r/politics has been mostly bots & trolls farms since well-before the AIpocalypse. AI just took much of the burden off the human hand on that rudder. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 1 point 6 days ago Absolutely. Frontpage stuff like /r/politics has been mostly bots & trolls farms since well-before the AIpocalypse. AI just took much of the burden off the human hand on that rudder. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 11 points 1 week ago (1 child) thats whats FB has become. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 6 points 1 week ago FB is really garbage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] paraproto@szmer.info 10 points 1 week ago I want to believe. But X (formerly known as Twitter) and Facebook are still there. It may be a long death which is indistinguishable from (low-quality) life. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FridaVanMercury@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago I'd like to believe it is but I also know that the majority of people online do not give a damn about user experience and things getting shittier. I do not understand these people, but its because of them this shit is still happening. If they all left sites like reddit there'd be no incentive to become shittier and shittier. Not trying to shift blame though, in the first place its companies like reddit even coming up with strategy who are to blame. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago I was chased out by admin in 2024, after a long line of accounts were violated for abuses that were falsely alleged. Because Israel I suspect. permalink fedilink source parent