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Fake4000 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Reddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI.

www.reuters.com

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Reddit started doing what they always wanted to do, sell user content to AI.

www.reuters.com

Fake4000 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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  • Fake4000OP
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    203•1 year ago

    Shit move from Reddit. Glad I jumped ship to lemmy.

    Honestly, lemmy has less users compared to Reddit, yet you still get more engagement.

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        I come to Lemmy to read threads of people arguing about whether or not they’re talking to each other at all. This is doing it for me.

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        💍 Will you marry me?

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            33•1 year ago

            Are you implying I can’t pick out bridges or motorcycles? I definitely can, but I won’t do it for you as some kind of sick parlor trick.

            Speaking of tricks, did you know there are singles in your area!

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              • Lemminary
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                They can make entire hot dogs disappear! Crazy, right?

                One bite at a time, you sickos. Omg, you pervs.

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                  …didn’t have to be the mouth. I’m still impressed.

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        17•1 year ago

        Your stipud ! (both sic and /s btw) -> there, now you don’t have to go back to Reddit to recall the nostalgia, you are … welcome, I guess?:-D

        • Lemminary
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          8•1 year ago

          Ahhh, that’s the stuff. 🤤 Do it again.

          • @OpenStars@startrek.website
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            4•1 year ago

            Your (sic) WRONG!

            About EVRRTYHIGN! (sic)

            I may know nothing myself, but I still have an opinion and will share it with you, consent be damned!

            Why I… [Reddit cap exceeded, please deposit $10 to continue conversation].

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            👆this

            (Did that do it?)

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        6•1 year ago

        You just engaged.

        • @AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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          3•1 year ago

          Or admitted to being a bot.

          • @Spacemanspliff@midwest.social
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            3•1 year ago

            This isn’t Reddit though.

            • @AbidanYre@lemmy.world
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              I feel like that comment was edited to be less ambiguous.

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        If gollum and Steve Buscemi had a secret baby

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      5•1 year ago

      You are glad that you jumped to where AI companies can get the information for free, but are mad at Reddit for getting paid for it.

      I can’t make any sense of this.

      • @TORFdot0@lemmy.world
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        The difference is that Lemmy admins across the fediverse aren’t making the user experience worse so they can sell the data to corporations for LLM training

        • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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          So it’s really that the user experience is getting worse. Feeding ai has nothing to do with it.

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            I’d rather have AI companies have my data for free than reddshit gettong paid for it

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            First of all, tacos are friends, not food…

            Secondly, I think it’s more important what they did to achieve this goal, locking down the API behind a paywall was their way of creating value in their data. They knew then that it would be too expensive for independent developers to pay for but didn’t care. They knew the money would be coming AI data brokers.

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        18•1 year ago

        It’s like the difference between volunteering and being forced to do community service.

        • @EatATaco@lemm.ee
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          In neither case are you forced to do anything so this doesn’t make any sense either.

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