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Reddit CEO pledges site will remain “written by humans and voted on by humans” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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But Huffman said Reddit was now battling to ensure its users stay at the center of the social network. “Where the rest of the internet seems to be powered by or written by or summarized by AI, Reddit is distinctly human,” he said. “It’s the place you go when you want to hear from people, their lived experiences, their perspectives, their recommendations. Reddit is communities and human curation and conversation and authenticity.”

As Reddit becomes an increasingly important source for LLMs, advertisers are responding with what one agency chief described as a “massive migration” to the platform.

Multiple advertising and agency executives speaking during this month’s Cannes advertising festival told the FT that brands were increasingly exploring hosting a business account and posting content on Reddit to boost the likelihood of their ads appearing in the responses of generative AI chatbots.

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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

And I want to be a millionaire!

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's reddit?

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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

fuckoff spez

[–] Makeshift@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

They chase away the humans and ban the ones that are left!

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Probably why they are banning so many REAL users at such a high rate.

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

Site as in code or site as in content? Incan believe the former, not the latter

[–] MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

LMFTFY

Battling to ensure right wing users stay at the center of the social network.

Fixed it.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

(And bots.)

[–] BlueAlienMom@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Lots of people here keep mentioning that most shadowbans were caused by things they said, usually related to politics, but I've been instantly shadowbanned (and then suspended) after posting a comment about gnats fungus in the houseplants subreddit that, as far as I know, had nothing to do with politics.

Before this, it happened after posting a comment about digital art (which again had nothing to do with politics); so the question still remains: What is the point of all this besides making people frustrated and disappointed?

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