Comment on Reddit CEO teases AI search features and paid subreddits

TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• orclev@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m sure in his wet dreams Reddit is no longer a community site but a thinly veiled astroturfing platform that’s paid billions by large corporations to get their adsposts in front of users.

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  • SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, that’s de definition of enshitification.

    • Make a platform that becomes popular
    • Lock in users and start to milk them
    • Use large user base to draw in companies with ads and influence
    • Lock in companies and squeeze them for all their worth

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  • 4am@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean there had been complaining for years that it was becoming just that; it’s just that they were trying to do it without anyone noticing and then all the tech bros got into a hold-my-beer contest

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