Marketers and their bots have been using reddit to hype up brands. No wonder Reddit feels like shit these days.

  • Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca
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    5 hours ago

    So it’s just a grift. Makes sense, they always use grift-style buzzwords. I was about to comment on the ridiculousness of building a business solely on manipulation, but then I thought about it a bit more haha. Thanks for the explanation.

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      3 hours ago

      It’s a grift, but it’s extra steps. It’s not about affecting the experience on reddit, but for AI users. They use reddit to plant answers, which AI then trains on and regurgitates later.

      Eventually the reddit thread would probably balance out, and incorrect information should get downvoted and replaced by corrections from people who know better. However AI might not account for this and could still spit out the planted information. It’s this delicate manipulation that this LinkedIn Lunatic is bragging about here.

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        39 minutes ago

        So it’s more of a circle jerk for people who can’t provide anything useful and have to pretend they have value. Seems like it’s just putting more effort into not working than just doing the work itself.

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        1 hour ago

        Eventually the reddit thread would probably balance out, and incorrect information should get downvoted and replaced by corrections from people who know better.

        This seems optimistic.