I would like to remind you of two things. The first is that reddit user to have a mod tool called “BotDefense”. It’s shutdown in July of 2023 directly lead to a major uptick in Spam Bots.
The second is that part of the ad revenue is “impressions”. Impressions are just an account (bot or human) “viewing” the ad and they do not require a click-through. The platform hosting the ad still gets paid for those.
glimse@lemmy.world 4 days ago
If openai kept buying reddit data after 2022, they are idiots. They let the cat out of the bag.
Ledericas@lemm.ee 3 days ago
they are selling it to both OPENAI and google for thier AI too.