Comment on AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

etherphon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oddly, that was Spez, and when he went away for a bit, Reddit got really good. And then he came back and it went to shit.

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  • etherphon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right I remember how Reddit ran Ellen Pao off as if she was the wicked witch of the west.

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    • chaogomu@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I think that was part of Gamer Gate. The toxic rightwing backlash to women existing on the internet, and not in porn. It was the exact same time period.

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      • etherphon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I suppose it was around then yeah, I just remember being amazed at how fast the whole site turned on her, then I realized how easy it must be to astroturf reddit. It was under the guise of free speech, but the changes she made/were making were positive for the health of the site. The whole idea that free speech = I can say whatever the hell I want to at any time and you just have to accept it was/is bullshit, we live in a society dammit. /george

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