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AI bots on Reddit reaching the front page? I absolutely believe it(slrpnk.net)

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Will Manidis is the CEO of AI-driven healthcare startup ScienceIO

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acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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To be fair it was bots that voted them to the front page.

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ShadowRam@fedia.io
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Anyone who did any kind of modding on Reddit could see the majority of posts and comments where mostly bots.

Bots competitions for upvotes/views and clicks.

Reddit’s been like that since ~2018

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plunging365@lemm.ee
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Does Lemmy have any features that resist this kind of astroturfing?

No one would consider bots talking to one another a real conversation, but is there anything regular users can do?

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GuitarSon2024@lemmy.world
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This is the whole reason that I discovered and came to Lemmy. Reddit is literally 90% bots, from the posts, to the filtering, to the censoring, to outright banning. It’s a mess.

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GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
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Or getting this shit after you comment somewhere:

“Excuse me but could you please send a direct message to our admins to verify your account before placing a comment? Everyone has to do it.”

I replied “go fuck yourself” and they banned me instantly and I never even submitted anything lmao.

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pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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subreddit? because that one would need a lemmy replacement

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GHiLA@sh.itjust.works
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/r/Blackpeopletwitter, I believe.

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leadore@lemmy.world
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But I mean, AI is the asshole, so maybe that’s why they went to the front page?

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