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BotDefense is leaving Reddit (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Title says it all. If you think Reddit's been trending down lately, just wait.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe that's the plan, charge the bots to talk to each other

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Close.

  1. Make people have to sign up to use Reddit
  2. Have bots do the work of people by reposting old top posts
  3. ?????
  4. Profit
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

It'll be like watching a bunch of CPU players fight each other in Smash Bros. That's entertaining, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

In otherwords they're speedrunning the capitalism fueled ai takeover