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shish_mish to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit

www.theguardian.com

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How social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit

www.theguardian.com

shish_mish to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever
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    I am of the belief that reddit just replaced leaving users with LLM drone users to fill the void.

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      59•1 year ago

      The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now

    • @dhork@lemmy.world
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      21•1 year ago

      The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now

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        Yes. Affirmative.

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      deleted by creator

      • @ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.world
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        Dormammu, I’ve come to bargain

    • @sbv@sh.itjust.works
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      17•1 year ago

      The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now

    • @TheBest@midwest.social
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      16•1 year ago

      The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now

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      deleted by creator

    • Luis
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      @foggy The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now

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      10•1 year ago

      Tom Cruise.

    • @freebread@lemm.ee
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      6•1 year ago

      The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now

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      6•1 year ago

      The bots were always there, the bot-to-human ratio is just much higher now.

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