Reddit @lemmy.world arakhis_ @feddit.org 1w ago

Reddit's commenters are infested with the most basic AI prompts

And nobody seems to bother (or highlight it which would be the job of the commenter)

I just browsed the feed for 20 mins after a month off being sober and don't miss the disguised instagram feed at all - short videos, meme comments, no old forum experience whatsoever. But thankfully we have that on Lemmy now, so Lemmy try that :)

Btw I didnt even read more than 5 comments total.. heres examples:

EDIT: look at how many "people" reply to that stuff - what a sheit show

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So Futurama was right, the internet will just be advertising... and porn.
- <points gun at back of head> always has been.
Reddit is completely unusable outside of old.reddit with RES and sticking to niche subs. I only ever use it when I'm extraordinarily bored and out of lemmy content.
- I hate going there these days. I’m not sure if it was a frog boil or what but the site now is a shadow of the one I left during the big mod exodus. It’s terrible now, so much less info, user base has devolved, riddled with ads.
  
  I imagine if I was still there all the crap would feel normal but having left, every time I visit now and see what huge changes have been made. Every time i visit the quality of the site has tanked even more.
  
  It really is shit. It's constant ads, posts dressed up as ads, bots and hysteria. It really is no better than Facebook
  
  Ye, generic feed is absolute shite. Only direct links to some subs might be worth it
- Yep, I go for a couple of niche things every few days. That's it. It's like fucking Facebook now and that is BAD
Reddit... Let's not go there, 'tis a silly place.

The commenters on average feel more real on Lemmy, so i've been here 2 years plus and hardly needed to look back.
- I know what you mean, they just ring true. There's far less nastiness as well, far fewer people are looking for a fight
I don’t use LLMs, what am I looking for? Bulleted lists?
- Bulleted lists, a weird positive tone, unnecessarily professional, a summary or "but you should check with an authority figure" sentence at the end
  
  a weird positive tone
  Oh
  
  unnecessarily professional
  Oh no
  
  a summary or “but you should check with an authority figure” Oh god no
  
  Bulleted lists
  Well, I’m often 3 for 4 on the AI checklist
  
  Just add "this is medical advice specifically catered to you" at the end of all messages and you're safe. Well at least until this becomes the norm and malicious bots get manually adapted to add that too...
  
  This is so frustrating to think about. Maybe we need to start encrypting messages and hand the keys to small communities physically only..
  
  Shhhh stop giving it away. Pretty soon we're gonna have that garbage here. We probably do and don't even know it. When bots have become actually convincing... Ugh. The world is shit and I hate it
Enshitification
- Except it's cultural, too
I am glad someone else sees it. I am spotting LLM seeding everywhere and it makes me feel paranoid. The website just makes you feel bad in general so I go there for very specific things now.

Also check out this new abomination: https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24314445/reddit-answers-ai-powered-search-tool
It's just Llama tan by more technical people. In LiNuX I'm sure.

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