And make sure not to click on any links. If enough people use chatgpt or other LLM’s to generate comments that are wordy but clearly just filler, it’ll give advertisers pause and tank the value of the site as training data. Reddit’s response will probably be to start banning users it thinks are doing this but normal users will absolutely be caught in the crossfire.
And throw in normal comments every so often too so it’s not that obvious.
Then people who still prefer Reddit to Lemmy could do the same to us and would be totally justified. Do not make internet even worse than it is now. You don’t like a service – don’t use it. Do not make it worse for everybody else.
bot wars and internet dies
This does make me think you could almost write a Terminator like story as an allegory for bots taking over the Internet.
Then people who still prefer Reddit to Lemmy could do the same to us and would be totally justified.
There’s a big difference: unlike Reddit, Lemmy and Kbin aren’t actively pissing off the people who manage the place.
Do not make internet even worse than it is now.
That means not leaving your content in Reddit, where it’ll attract more people to drop their content there, only to be erased in the future. Because no matter what we do, Reddit is going down and all info there is going with it.
Also worth noting that most content in Reddit is archived anyway, up to March/23 (when Reddit killed Pushshift access), so the actual loss of info would be next to zero.
There are already malicious bots and spammers trying to get into Lemmy. They’re being blocked by the moderators and the people who run instances, but they exist, and I’m sure they get through now and then. And “Lemmy users did it to us first” is not actually a justification any more than “he started it” is a good excuse for beating someone up. A reason, sure. But a reason is not the same as a justification. (I happen to agree that this is not the best strategic move, but not because of the possibility of retaliation).
That just drives activity and engagement up.
Bot engagement. The point is to make fake comments common enough that it raises suspicions
It’s too much fluffing around. The absolute simplest and most effective thing you can do is to simply stop using Reddit. I guarantee that their selling point to advertisers is impressions. If they’re not impressing you, they’re selling less ad space - simple as that.
I don’t care enough about Reddit anymore to take petty revenge against Spez. Life is hard enough these days without some silly internet drama. Delete your Reddit account, take a deep breath and move on.
That is too much effort for a site I don’t really care about.
If shitposting on a site you don’t like any more out of spite is honestly how you want to spend your time, go for it I guess. I’m sure you could find something more fulfilling to do.
I feel like this would have the opposite effect, and search engines will still see this as active user traffic and prioritize Reddit in search results, which will still drive more ad views.
This might be useful if Reddit was looking to sell, as bot traffic could potentially devalue the platform (like in the case of Twitter’s buyout), but unless they’re trying to change ownership, I don’t think this will actually hurt them at all.
There’s a difference between protesting/ditching and actively sabotaging. Do you hate Reddit so much as to try to intentionally destroy it?
No, but I am spiteful enough to spend a decent amount of time trying to tank their IPO, because fuck them, I’m pretty anti-corporate and willing to spend a reasonable amount time to fuck any and all of them.
Do you hate Reddit so much as to try to intentionally destroy it?
Yes.
You can also use this random gibberish generator.
I for one believe that scorched earth is the best approach. Your content is yours, you have moral and legal ownership over it; if you want to replace it in that site with gibberish, it’s your right and choice.
100%. And changing your old comments is not the same as making brand new gibberish posts, which would boost engagement.
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I’d presume companies have scraped all the data on Reddit and packed it into a neat little package so editing old comments for that reason would be kind of moot. There was even a torrent of Reddit data afaik?
Getting rid of my old comments makes me feel better, even if it doesn’t make them feel worse. I hate feeling like I left anything of myself on a site where I am no longer welcome.
lolnope. I’m not that hung up on my ex. Bitch about him to my friends over a beer? Sure. Stalk him and trash his car? That shit’s for losers.
I’m fine with either approach honestly. Both remove the valuable human generated content from reddit so both are a strike against them in my book.
Too late, I deleted my reddit account several hours ago, but still a funny idea.
What if…just hear me…what if you just enjoy your time on the threadiverse and live Reddit alone?
STOP giving them traffic, that’s the only smart way to deal with it.
