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Hella questionable.
And the links? 1: removed post.
2: Links thru some redirecter that are all to the two VPNs being advertised by the post.
I mean it's obviously an advertisement just from the fact that only the two shilled services are linked to.
Same products. Same links to only the shilled products.
There's also links to trustpilot but I did a bit of digging and it seems that they're like yelp in that you can get reviews removed? sigh.
What I find interesting here is the fact that this spyware subreddit is new and tiny, and one of the moderators made this veryyyyy similar AI post.
I mean it even has almost the exact same "Other Subreddits to _____ Antivirus Software" section.
Frankly I'm wondering if I should break the links just so they don't get extra weight on search engines.
I've also seen tons of sock puppet accounts for crappy dating apps, but honestly I'm more of a lurker and I've ran out of energy to write anything else here 😌
Pretty much the only reason I still visit reddit is because there was in the past been such a wealth of genuine discussion. Like if I wanted to get the inside facts of "what's the best mayonaise" I could find it on r/mayo posted 4 years ago.
Lemmy is still a bit lacking in that regard, though I'm sure it will come soon enough.
Like if I wanted to get the inside facts of “what’s the best mayonaise” I could find it on r/mayo posted 4 years ago.
The best mayo is the one that you whisk at home, using one raw yolk and one cooked yolk (yup). Mash them well together, add a bit of veg oil (just a bit! 1tbsp each time), whisk furiously, repeat until you have the desired amount (2 girls for 1 cup 2 yolks for 1 cup of oil seems sensible for me). Then finish off with some salt and a healthy amount of vinegar (it's important to avoid bacteria).
Done. Now you can find "what's the best mayonnaise" in Lemmy too!
I'm half-joking with the above (you mentioned mayo as an example, not the point). I agree with your point - Lemmy will miss that sort of knowledge for some time, while Reddit is drowning itself in a sea of noise.
The hope that Lemmy will grow to be and even exceed what Reddit was at its height is what keeps me coming here. I also have a hard time ignoring the mountain of historical Reddit posts for search results. There's so much knowledge and discussion.
Neat joke, often repeated, but it is useful to discuss what's happening on one of the biggest websites on the Internet, despite the mass amount of PTSD Reddit has generated to Lemmy users.
Such as, the rise of AI posts on the internet is a big issue.
but it is useful to discuss what’s happening on one of the biggest websites on the Internet
To who?
Anyone here is already well aware.
Those still on reddit? They are not me so I don't care. Personal choice and all that. I am not my brother's keeper.
Those that never went on reddit? It already has a hive of scum and villainy reputation across a lot of other social media and with good reason in most cases.
the rise of AI posts on the internet is a big issue.
Meh. Again that will happen no matter what serious words you want to post here.
We are all along for the ride, none of us is driving.
This is the answer. Most of the mods who actually gave a shit about moderating got tired of Reddit’s nonsense and left. So now the spammers and bots are free to post ad nauseum.
Many people predicted that the APIcalypse would make moderation more difficult and that would result in ad bots running wild. However, people didn’t think that the protest would keep on going an Reddit would kick all the dedicated mods out of the platform. The new mods aren’t doing a great job, and that’s why we have all this spam today.
Usually, when there were blatant signs of astroturfing in an active sub, its users would report it to the mods, and the mods would remove it. And, when this would happen in an otherwise inactive community, more engaged users would report it to the admins, who clearly do not want people advertising in their platform without paying Reddit some cash.
Except that Reddit showed a middle finger to both groups. A bunch of them left, and the ones behind will certainly not lift a single finger to help the platform. And that's the result, you'll get spam and shilling and users going rogue.
I honestly can't blame the mods after all the API bullshit. I can't imagine moderating was particularly enjoyable beforehand, and without the tools to make things more convenient I'd definitely give up.
At the end of the day, moderation on its own is not enjoyable - it's at the best repetitive chores, and at the worst dealing with nasty shit. Usually decent mods still do it because they want to contribute with something or some people. And yet Reddit has been consistently ruining that will to contribute for years, specially during/after the API bullshit.
Yeah, Reddit got to keep a lot of the people that were just mindlessly scrolling through. Active commentors would tend to file reports more often, and I do find that people over on Kbin/Lemmy are on average more engaged in keeping the site relatively clean from spam because of reporting.