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Hubi@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago

AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

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AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit for Everyone

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Hubi@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days ago
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Reddit is considered one of the most human spaces left on the internet, but mods and users are overwhelmed with slop posts in the most popular subreddits.
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    Reddit was ruined for me a couple of years ago and AI wasn’t involved. I no longer interact there but I do still read Reddit occasionally. Personally I find it difficult to wade through hundreds of one-liners without forgetting what the post was about.

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      I mean, yeah, I left during the first wave of API changes and before the company went public, but the AI has definitely made it completely unusable.

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        Every sub I was active in has become one of two things:

        • Bot spam
        • Dead
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      Redlib FTW

      Edit: current fork

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        That thing hasn’t been maintained for almost 3 years.

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          There is a fork that usually works: https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib

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            Nice. Thanks. I’ll install it in a Proxmox LXC.

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            TY my bad yes this is the one I use

            Here is an instance that’s up RN

            https://lr.ptr.moe/

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      Someone should write a Reddit client that automatically hides the top two comments and all their children, because they’re inevitably stupid jokes that add nothing.

      Oh right. No one can make new Reddit clients anymore.

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      Now AI is also ruining reddit users ruining reddit!

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