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[–] artemisia@beehaw.org 26 points 2 years ago

Dilution will kill Reddit. Wait until the AI scraping gets into a feedback loop with AI posting.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 24 points 2 years ago

Oh no. Anyway...

[–] EvilColeslaw@beehaw.org 23 points 2 years ago

Good on the developers/maintainers. Why develop a moderation tool without payment for a platform that considers you a leech?

[–] Brad@beehaw.org 23 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the consequences of my own actions."

- Reddit

[–] keardap@lemmy.selfhost.quest 18 points 2 years ago

Musk gutted Twitter, firing people all around and it took the site a few months to break. It may take a while, but Reddit will crap itself.

[–] CorvusNyx@beehaw.org 17 points 2 years ago

Yar, there be a shitstorm a brewin’ on the horizon. With a flood of bots, not only is the content quality going to drop further on Reddit, but we’ll see more disinformation, phishing attempts, and other crap of the same ilk too. This is how big sites die off, not all at once, but in waves.

[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago

This may be the most significant result of the API debacle. Without proper tools to stop bots, the site will quickly become a nearly unusable cesspool. This is the kind of thing that will actually affect users in the long run. When site usability degrades, people will have even more reasons to jump ship.

[–] Minifluff@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago

I've been waiting for reddit to realize how much of a mess they've caused because it seems like they just think they can "ignore it and it'll go away" kinda deal. I wouldn't want them to have more spam and such but it gets to a point where something has to break...

[–] keardap@lemmy.selfhost.quest 7 points 2 years ago

Musk gutted Twitter, firing people all around and it took the site a few months to break. It may take a while, but Reddit will crap itself.

[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

This may ultimately be the most impactful event so far in the Reddit API debacle. Without filtering bots, Reddit will quickly devolve into unusable garbage.

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