▲ 926 ▼ Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots (techcrunch.com) submitted 3 weeks ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 322 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] RxBrad@infosec.pub 34 points 3 weeks 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: [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 3 weeks 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 2 points 3 weeks 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 3 points 3 weeks 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 9 points 3 weeks 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 2 points 3 weeks 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 2 points 3 weeks 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 3 points 3 weeks 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