Social network Reddit recently began blocking mobile visitors to its website while pushing them to download the official Reddit app, and it's fair to say that the move is not going down well with users. If you visit reddit.com on your iPhone today, you may see a new popup that can't be dismissed, asking you to "get the app to keep using Reddit".
  • SeeMarkFly@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    You think there are still redditors around?

    I think it’s just troll farms and bots. Every once in a while someone stumbles into the site and says something. THEN there is a whirlwind of answers/speculations/theories/lies.

    A.I is running the show. If I use a certain word or phrase I get filtered. If I say the exact same thing without those “catch phrases” then I see a few votes.

    I treat the site as a test site for trying language that gets PAST the trolls.

    • kazerniel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You think there are still redditors around?

      I think it’s just troll farms and bots. Every once in a while someone stumbles into the site and says something. THEN there is a whirlwind of answers/speculations/theories/lies.

      I guess it depends on where you look. All the subs I’ve been visiting where people actually hang out, rather than just a handful of karma farmers spamming, are still flourishing*, so I never fully switched to Lemmy, but use both 🤷 Reddit subs have a magnitude or two more people, so imho they’re better for news, memes and technical advice, while for the past couple years Lemmy feels better for insightful conversations.

      * my main subs are for specific games and apps, a few countries/regions, and r/BestofRedditorUpdates, so ymmv

      • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I think the bot percentage is proportional to how big a subreddit is and how profitable influencing people browsing it is.

        Niche community about how to proplift (stealing small cuttings to grow your own plants)? Zero or close to zero bots.

        Crypto community with thousands of comments a day, where it’s all speculation that can’t be objectively disproven* so bots stick out like a sore thumb and tons of money flying around? You better believe the bots are all over that.

    • HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      There’s no objective data to confirm or dispel your suspicion that there are zero few human Redditors (your hyperbole aside).

      There’s definitely tons of bots posting and voting (and likely always has been), but I really doubt a large percentage of commenters are bots.

      - A non-bot redditor