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

#For sale: Ads that look like legit Reddit user posts

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[–] [email protected] 102 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wish I could get all the mods from the subreddits that rolled over in June/July in a room and slap each and every one upside the head.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Well, I just stopped using reddit so this is good timing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 281 points 8 months ago (6 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 8 months ago (18 children)

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.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

The larger engagement is a potential reason..lots of smaller niche lemmy communities users won't engage or comment..I just lurk on Reddit with an API modded sync client. If they ban my throw away or block the API I'm done

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

The day my modded Relay client dies will be a sad day. Lemmy is great but sadly a bunch of communities didn't make the leap here.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

Larger engagement requires people to make and join communities/subs and we all need to help that happen. It took years for reddit to have what you're talking about and it'll take time here too. Sadly we're at a point in internet history now where many people have tried their hand at being mods and admits and most of those discovered how much it can suck. We're past the point of it being some exciting new thing so I think a push for better tools and options for those that might consider it is needed. People also have less time and mental energy to take on such roles now than 10-15 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 months ago

Reddit wasn't built in a day either

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

It was mildy uplifting to downvote those things

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