Reddit will require “fishy” accounts to verify they are run by a human
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Gotta be a tough one because the reality is, they like and need bots (and fishy accounts).
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This will stand as a crucial and profound reminder that we must all endeavor to showcase not just our humanity—but also our not-robotity—in our writing, speech, and other patterns.
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So he's gonna use another AI model to analyze accounts to see if they belong to bots? God knows he won't pay mods to moderate subs so he has to use AI instead.
Also, FUCK SPEZ, for attempting to blackmail the most populated 3rd party app on iOS (Apollo) in an attempt to extort money from it. I will not let that go, especially as he continues to waltz around like a millionaire after the IPO.
Also, FUCK SPEZ, for attempting to blackmail the most populated 3rd party app on iOS (Apollo) in an attempt to extort money from it. I will not let that go, especially as he continues to waltz around like a millionaire after the IPO.
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LMAO, fuck all the way off. Then come back so you can fuck off again, just to make sure it wasn't a fluke.
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I quit browsing Reddit cold turkey when that happened. I suppose I still read posts that come up as search results if I'm hunting for something specific, but that's one a month or less.
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since LLMs just copy what humans do, this will never work.
thanks techbros. this is great.
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Same. My wife still uses it, but once I could no longer use RIF, I just quit. My only regret is that I didn't delete all my posts. I deleted everything on Twitter when I left that.
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Recently I had to prove I was human by clicking on a box and holding down the mouse button. Took longer than I thought it should. Almost like if I gave up it would be a better indicator I was human.
Like, this is ridiculous.
Gotta say I missed picking out Traffic Lights or Bicycles or Crosswalks or Buses or Motorcycles but we were doing that to train the AI to do exactly that so.... we done played ourselves.
Like, this is ridiculous.
Gotta say I missed picking out Traffic Lights or Bicycles or Crosswalks or Buses or Motorcycles but we were doing that to train the AI to do exactly that so.... we done played ourselves.
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Reddit has never been much of an influence on my radar.
Crowdsourced answers are obviously suspect to begin with, but sometimes they had links to more reliable information.
Mostly I ignore them.
They haven't been elevated in importance by Google who has of late started giving pure shit for results. I've had to tack on "-tiktok -facebook -instagram -meta -youtube" just to keep half of it off my results, since none of those in any way are useful in any search. But they're all in my top 10 if I don't.
Reddit is close to being added to that list, as of late. If there ever comes a time when they ban user-posted links to information, then it will be added. I'd do better asking random people on the streets. At least then you have some impression of the value of their information.
Crowdsourced answers are obviously suspect to begin with, but sometimes they had links to more reliable information.
Mostly I ignore them.
They haven't been elevated in importance by Google who has of late started giving pure shit for results. I've had to tack on "-tiktok -facebook -instagram -meta -youtube" just to keep half of it off my results, since none of those in any way are useful in any search. But they're all in my top 10 if I don't.
Reddit is close to being added to that list, as of late. If there ever comes a time when they ban user-posted links to information, then it will be added. I'd do better asking random people on the streets. At least then you have some impression of the value of their information.
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Not surprising given the recent issues with /all that showed a complete disconnect from... well, anything human. Botting has been an issue for years; I think the 2020 election season and then the arrival of genai in 22/23 really switched it into high gear. You can observe it even on small subreddits when upvote counts will mysteriously surge into the hundreds when you know there's a couple dozen people there tops. The upvote issue, which mods can't really do shit about, is probably the most significant one that needs addressing (and conversely the downvote issue). You'll also see all sorts of shit like a surge in thread responses days after the thread's gone inactive (along with wild swings in votes), and even straight up incompetence--the r/army mods have seen posts that are just written in Russian (mostly of the unoriginal "your wives are getting fucked by other men" type) and they forgot to translate them.
There's probably much easier ways to spot them than just using AI though. Like filtering all users who list a snapchat or telegram anywhere on their accounts, for instance.
There's probably much easier ways to spot them than just using AI though. Like filtering all users who list a snapchat or telegram anywhere on their accounts, for instance.
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yeah i wonder if this will be used to quieten anti govt accounts rather than actual bots. bit like meta at the moment, the only thing ive seen them remove is a post about trump, vile far right comments are left up without issue.
awful that i even think this, im not a conspiracy theory nut.
awful that i even think this, im not a conspiracy theory nut.
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Feeds human content to AI
AI posts content to reddit
Model collapse
If Reddit asks for ID, I will leave. I am probably not alone on this.
AI posts content to reddit
Model collapse
If Reddit asks for ID, I will leave. I am probably not alone on this.
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I like Reddit well enough, but I'm not going to verify my identity for some stupid website. It's not that important.
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I've always just used Reddit as a place to find user suggestions for technical problems. Sometimes, these suggestions are even correct or useful.
The best part of the site is that it's accessible without needing an account at all. Unlike most social media sites, it doesn't lock content behind a login, so I just land there from a web search, see if there are any diamonds in the rough, and carry on.
Sometimes, this will momentarily spark my interest in Reddit and I'll check out /r/all or the front page, but it seems to be mostly bot content these days, with the discussion on each post being focused on how the content is a repost/bot/AI/fake.
The narrow technical subreddits seem to be the same as they always were, but from an outsider's perspective, the broader site doesn't seem in a particularly healthy state.
The best part of the site is that it's accessible without needing an account at all. Unlike most social media sites, it doesn't lock content behind a login, so I just land there from a web search, see if there are any diamonds in the rough, and carry on.
Sometimes, this will momentarily spark my interest in Reddit and I'll check out /r/all or the front page, but it seems to be mostly bot content these days, with the discussion on each post being focused on how the content is a repost/bot/AI/fake.
The narrow technical subreddits seem to be the same as they always were, but from an outsider's perspective, the broader site doesn't seem in a particularly healthy state.
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Yes, but the serial number "N6FAB21416" printed on the bottom left might be a bit of a give-away.
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AI sucks but there's also just astroturfing too.
As a sidenite, I generally don't like reddit so only go on when I am really bored, but recently it feels like it's just Facebook feed with bad boomer humor and a number posts that just feel fake? It's never been particularly good in terms of the front page content but it's bad enough now where I don't even use it to kill 5 minutes anymore
As a sidenite, I generally don't like reddit so only go on when I am really bored, but recently it feels like it's just Facebook feed with bad boomer humor and a number posts that just feel fake? It's never been particularly good in terms of the front page content but it's bad enough now where I don't even use it to kill 5 minutes anymore
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Oh it will absolutely be used to tailor speech (more than they already are). There are entire topics that will get your posts deleted or your account banned today. Wrongspeak is not being tolerated and users are falling in line or falling off the platform.
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Lol.
That site is wall to wall astroturf and has been for years at this point.
Watching the switch get flipped when Gavin Newsom decided he was running for president last summer was quite a sight.
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"Click on all the places humans would hide during the Robot Uprising."
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Part of the reason for surges in activity in an older thread is that default sorting is set to “Best” for a lot of subreddits. This pushes sometimes weeks old content to the “top” of what some users see. If it were genuinely impossible for bots to interact with Reddit this would be maddening enough, of course.
I’ve definitely observed way too many questionable comments that seem to fundamentally misunderstand the context of the subreddit, the post, and what I would perceive as the shared knowledge base of a subreddit’s users. But this isn’t exclusive to Reddit. It’s happening on every forum across the Internet, including Ars.
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I’d rather just use community forums. Reddit considered me logging in with my iCloud account as “fishy” and shadowbanned me. Then as per usual completely ignoring my appeal requests. Over multiple weeks. Eventually found an old Google login worked.
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There are tools out there that use AI to help tweak posts how are they going to deal with that.... Sounds stupid lol
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I just really like the old reddit style threaded comments format along with their old main layout style of a list of post titles with a picture to the left. It just felt so compact and information dense.
But I was never a big fan of mobile reddit and that style works a lot better on a monitor than a phablet.
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I see a lot of comments from people complaining about having to prove they’re not a bot, but no one has yet provided any better ideas.
So, how would you distinguish bots from real humans if you owned Reddit?
I’m genuinely curious to hear what other solutions exist.
So, how would you distinguish bots from real humans if you owned Reddit?
I’m genuinely curious to hear what other solutions exist.
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