Google's AI summaries have reduced traffic to websites from the search results page and Reddit is reconsidering the benefits of the deal, the Journal said.
Reddit isn’t coming back from where they’ve taken themselves. Their crappy UI you can’t opt out of, exclusive Reddit only app, algorithmic content recommendations force feeding rage bait for clicks. Account level bans on suspicion of having a previously banned account. Nothing fun about reddit anymore.
You can’t even search a subreddit inside Reddit on a desktop PC anymore. They destroyed themselves.
I personally think they may be having an issue with AI content. As in slop is pushing into the platform and it makes it hard to be used as training data for other entities.
Because other AI models are “good” at reddit style comments (pithy, self important, etc…etc…) those AI models will be used to making posts/comments there. Continuing the slop fest but making it worse for other LLMs. If that was going to be their revenue stream, it gets worse as time goes on.
That’s what I’m thinking as well. Surely someone near the top is recognizing how rapidly the slop is overtaking everything. Reddit’s singular strength since the beginning is that it’s human powered, and that the human mods (problematic as they are) do a better job of removing garbage than any automated system ever could.
That’s fucking awful. I expected them to intentify it but they’re just breaking basic functions. That site’s going downhill fast it’s sad to see it go because I have fond memories but ultimately we have to move on. There’s a brighter future ahead of us and it doesn’t involve these awful corporations.
So I’m not crazy, I thought i was doing something wrong! Why on earth would you get rid of a search?! I mean probably for people using desktop mode on their phone to get around their silly bull shit but still.
Reddit isn’t coming back from where they’ve taken themselves. Their crappy UI you can’t opt out of, exclusive Reddit only app, algorithmic content recommendations force feeding rage bait for clicks. Account level bans on suspicion of having a previously banned account. Nothing fun about reddit anymore.
You can’t even search a subreddit inside Reddit on a desktop PC anymore. They destroyed themselves.
But spez got his payday, which is all that counts.
The wrong co founder killed himself years ago.
The ban just because i used a vpn is crazy there. I’m taking refuge here at lemmy
I personally think they may be having an issue with AI content. As in slop is pushing into the platform and it makes it hard to be used as training data for other entities.
Because other AI models are “good” at reddit style comments (pithy, self important, etc…etc…) those AI models will be used to making posts/comments there. Continuing the slop fest but making it worse for other LLMs. If that was going to be their revenue stream, it gets worse as time goes on.
Yes good observation… it’s becoming a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of a photocopy of…
That’s what I’m thinking as well. Surely someone near the top is recognizing how rapidly the slop is overtaking everything. Reddit’s singular strength since the beginning is that it’s human powered, and that the human mods (problematic as they are) do a better job of removing garbage than any automated system ever could.
That’s fucking awful. I expected them to intentify it but they’re just breaking basic functions. That site’s going downhill fast it’s sad to see it go because I have fond memories but ultimately we have to move on. There’s a brighter future ahead of us and it doesn’t involve these awful corporations.
So I’m not crazy, I thought i was doing something wrong! Why on earth would you get rid of a search?! I mean probably for people using desktop mode on their phone to get around their silly bull shit but still.
I just don’t even look at it anymore. Nothing of value it is ruined.