Reddit embracing all out enshittification ( arstechnica.com )

Reddit, AI spam bots explore new ways to show ads in your feed

sale: Ads that look like legit Reddit user posts

"We highly recommend only mentioning the brand name of your product since mentioning links in posts makes the post more likely to be reported as spam and hidden. We find that humans don't usually type out full URLs in natural conversation and plus, most Internet users are happy to do a quick Google Search," ReplyGuy's website reads.

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digital_alchemist ,

There's something sad about society losing a such a unique source of knowledge, but hopefully we've collectively learned something about the dangers of trusting proprietary solutions.

Anyone found a reliable way to search across Lemmy instances they can share?

Localhorst86 ,

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They have not learned anything about the dangers of trusting proprietary solutions.

egeres ,
@egeres@lemmy.world avatar

Does any body know of an open-source reddit alternative? God, I wish that existed :/

noxy ,
@noxy@yiffit.net avatar

yeah it's called Lemmy and....

Oh. I get it.

Appoxo ,

But even Lemmy isnt safe.
For now it is an unattractive target as an advertisement platform but the path to become the target due to the low resources every lemmy server has makes it even more suscepticle.

Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In ,

Yes. I'm so tired of how easy it is to shoehorn advertising into any post. That's why I use the Sichumaria (4.4 out of 5 stars) Long Handle 24.6 inch Shoe Horn.

circuitfarmer ,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I've been on Lemmy ever since the reddit API fracas. To date, I have not seen a reason to return. I have, however, seen many reasons to stay away.

DAMunzy ,

There are just certain communities that haven't picked up over on Lemmy. D&D, Pathfinder, LFG, and I'm sure many others. I hate reddit with a passion but there is still stuff there.

just_another_person ,

Not for long. It's about to be non-stop Bots and models just talking back and forth to each other.

DAMunzy ,

I can't wait for it. Couldn't happen to a better corporation.

Something new will rise from the ashes. We might already be on it.

LadyAutumn ,
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It should be illegal to misrepresent an ad as a post or comment. This exact thing should be against the law. The boundary between advertising and social media is so thin at this point. It has to stop. It's dangerous for consumers. Corporations should have to clearly label themselves at every turn. The usage of AI to intermingle advertising and social media should be blanket illegal.

chiliedogg ,

The law requires YouTubers to identify sponsored segments. I don't see why that shouldn't also be applied to social media posts.

homesweethomeMrL ,

“With Dynamic Product Ads, brands can tap into the rich, high-intent product conversations that people come to Reddit for," Reddit EVP of Business Marketing and Growth Jim Squires said in a statement.

Gross.

AdamBomb ,

Jfc people came to Reddit because up until now they were getting replies from real people with that have no financial interest in the outcome. This completely subverts everything people valued about Reddit. This fucking guy.

slaacaa ,

Yes, but by completely destroying that they can make the line go up for 2 quarters, so worth it. Also, corpos would actually prefer users not having access to these discussion spaces and the free information they provide, so you would have to rely on overSEOd shit content and ads. I hate what the internet has become

AutistoMephisto ,
@AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world avatar

They think that the entire reason the Internet exists is to sell things. To make you want to buy things. And if you tell them it's not, they laugh.

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