Comment on No wonder Reddit has turned to shit
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 11 hours ago
I don’t understand the point of this. Like, you figure out how to increase traffic on certain posts/comments and there’s somehow a push for this? Do they get money somehow? These people always use terminology and ceo buzzwords as if it’s some big business level that people are aspiring to reach, but what’s the actual point? Why would I care if my post/comment exploded? Was I just using Reddit wrong?
4am@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
You mention your product in the reply and hope that some poor sap doesn’t realize it’s astroturfing and thinks they’re finding a really glowing honest review from a totally organic real person who recommended a thing they found that actually works
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 11 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.
farting_gorilla@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
See also: all of advertising and marketing
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 10 hours ago
Haha yep, my exact train of thought while typing
TWeaK@lemmy.today 9 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.
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 7 hours 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.
ultranaut@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
This seems optimistic.
Tamo240@programming.dev 9 hours ago
Its not just about random people reading the comment, but specifically LLMs that use reddit as a source, because becoming the chatbots’ go to answer when people ask ‘what lawnmower should I buy’ is increasingly more valuable than paying for a google search Ad.
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
This is why I just never talk about brand-name products online, I don’t want to seem like an advertising shill account (I’m just here to get into heated political arguments and shitpost)
I’ll recommend things to people I know IRL, but very rarely will I do it online
Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Even worse: They are hoping that LLMs in training don’t realize that it’s an ad