Comment on No wonder Reddit has turned to shit

• Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • farting_gorilla@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    building a business solely on manipulation

    See also: all of advertising and marketing

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    • Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Haha yep, my exact train of thought while typing

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  • TWeaK@lemmy.today ⁨7⁩ ⁨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.

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    • Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨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.

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    • ultranaut@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Eventually the reddit thread would probably balance out, and incorrect information should get downvoted and replaced by corrections from people who know better.

      This seems optimistic.

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• Tamo240@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨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.

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• VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨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

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• Flauschige_Lemmata@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Even worse: They are hoping that LLMs in training don’t realize that it’s an ad

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