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

  • Sjmarf@sh.itjust.works
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    2 hours ago

    ELI5:

    ChatGPT can search Google to give better answers. Reddit threads often appear as top search results.

    Let’s say you work in marketing at a chocolate company. You can use this guy’s script to find Reddit posts that ChatGPT might read when someone asks it about chocolate. The script replies to each post and praises your chocolate, specifically.

    When ChatGPT reads the thread, it might tell people about your chocolate.