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And make sure not to click on any links. If enough people use chatgpt or other LLM's to generate comments that are wordy but clearly just filler, it'll give advertisers pause and tank the value of the site as training data. Reddit's response will probably be to start banning users it thinks are doing this but normal users will absolutely be caught in the crossfire.

And throw in normal comments every so often too so it's not that obvious.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Then people who still prefer Reddit to Lemmy could do the same to us and would be totally justified. Do not make internet even worse than it is now. You don't like a service – don't use it. Do not make it worse for everybody else.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

bot wars and internet dies

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This does make me think you could almost write a Terminator like story as an allegory for bots taking over the Internet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Then people who still prefer Reddit to Lemmy could do the same to us and would be totally justified.

There's a big difference: unlike Reddit, Lemmy and Kbin aren't actively pissing off the people who manage the place.

Do not make internet even worse than it is now.

That means not leaving your content in Reddit, where it'll attract more people to drop their content there, only to be erased in the future. Because no matter what we do, Reddit is going down and all info there is going with it.

Also worth noting that most content in Reddit is archived anyway, up to March/23 (when Reddit killed Pushshift access), so the actual loss of info would be next to zero.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That just drives activity and engagement up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bot engagement. The point is to make fake comments common enough that it raises suspicions

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

It’s too much fluffing around. The absolute simplest and most effective thing you can do is to simply stop using Reddit. I guarantee that their selling point to advertisers is impressions. If they’re not impressing you, they’re selling less ad space - simple as that.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I don’t care enough about Reddit anymore to take petty revenge against Spez. Life is hard enough these days without some silly internet drama. Delete your Reddit account, take a deep breath and move on.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

That is too much effort for a site I don't really care about.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I feel like this would have the opposite effect, and search engines will still see this as active user traffic and prioritize Reddit in search results, which will still drive more ad views.

This might be useful if Reddit was looking to sell, as bot traffic could potentially devalue the platform (like in the case of Twitter's buyout), but unless they're trying to change ownership, I don't think this will actually hurt them at all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

If shitposting on a site you don't like any more out of spite is honestly how you want to spend your time, go for it I guess. I'm sure you could find something more fulfilling to do.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a difference between protesting/ditching and actively sabotaging. Do you hate Reddit so much as to try to intentionally destroy it?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

No, but I am spiteful enough to spend a decent amount of time trying to tank their IPO, because fuck them, I'm pretty anti-corporate and willing to spend a reasonable amount time to fuck any and all of them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you hate Reddit so much as to try to intentionally destroy it?

Yes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

STOP giving them traffic, that's the only smart way to deal with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Too late, I deleted my reddit account several hours ago, but still a funny idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd presume companies have scraped all the data on Reddit and packed it into a neat little package so editing old comments for that reason would be kind of moot. There was even a torrent of Reddit data afaik?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What if...just hear me...what if you just enjoy your time on the threadiverse and live Reddit alone?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can also use this random gibberish generator.

I for one believe that scorched earth is the best approach. Your content is yours, you have moral and legal ownership over it; if you want to replace it in that site with gibberish, it's your right and choice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

lolnope. I'm not that hung up on my ex. Bitch about him to my friends over a beer? Sure. Stalk him and trash his car? That shit's for losers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm fine with either approach honestly. Both remove the valuable human generated content from reddit so both are a strike against them in my book.