Ah, maybe. I see it differently though. reddit has never been about authentic content.
- When they started, I believe they boasted creating fake accounts to mimic engagement to help grow community
- It is painfully obvious the amount of political, gov sponsored, and corporate astro turfing that “gets through”. Both human and bot comment farms are real and have no doubt been artificially bolstering ideas and content for years
As I see it…
They have enabled this / looked the other away at this behavior forever in exchange for engagement. The super high tech AI chat bots are probably going to be welcomed for their clever content (hence why CEO could care less about its users anymore).
Their real value has always been having a controlling voice and being able to push viral ideas. The data thing is all hype noise IMO. It was never going to be a serious part of their IPO. Big messy gross company.
- When they started, I believe they boasted creating fake accounts to mimic engagement to help grow community
- It is painfully obvious the amount of political, gov sponsored, and corporate astro turfing that “gets through”. Both human and bot comment farms are real and have no doubt been artificially bolstering ideas and content for years
As I see it…
They have enabled this / looked the other away at this behavior forever in exchange for engagement. The super high tech AI chat bots are probably going to be welcomed for their clever content (hence why CEO could care less about its users anymore).
Their real value has always been having a controlling voice and being able to push viral ideas. The data thing is all hype noise IMO. It was never going to be a serious part of their IPO. Big messy gross company.