Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

A Reddit Bot Drove Me Insane

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days ago

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I stumbled across a Reddit bot posting emotional rants about how bots are ruining Reddit; just to sell AI-generated books through affiliate links. A perfectly dystopian grift for the dead internet.

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they have been actively culling human users for months now, leaving mostly bots.

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