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‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’ | The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment. (www.theatlantic.com)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

When Reddit rebranded itself as “the heart of the internet” a couple of years ago, the slogan was meant to evoke the site’s organic character. In an age of social media dominated by algorithms, Reddit took pride in being curated by a community that expressed its feelings in the form of upvotes and downvotes—in other words, being shaped by actual people.

Not since the APIcalypse at least.

Aside from that, this is just reheated news (for clicks i assume) from a week or two ago.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

One likely reason the backlash has been so strong is because, on a platform as close-knit as Reddit, betrayal cuts deep.

Another laughable quote after the APIcalypse, at least for the people that remained on Reddit after being totally ok with being betrayed.