Reddit CEO says facial verification may be introduced. Ostensibly to prevent bots.
But we all know how dangerous this can be. But most likely Reddit users will just accept it.
Although they have a great free analogue right under their noses - Lemmy. Which is many times better than its competitor.
I wish more people would discover Lemmy, but that’s unlikely.
BREAKING NEWS! Reddit figured out how to make their platform even shittier
I want most people to switch to lemmy.
I used to assume most of the bots belonged to Reddit. I still do, too.
I made the switch to Lemmy today, feels old school kind of good.
Reddit is not only allowing for bots to run rampant, but also it’s managed by the Epstein class and their supporters.
Welcome! You’ll fit right in
You made the right choice by coming here.
thank god, i need a kick in the ass to get off that poisonous slop
“…to crack down on everyone else’s AI bots”
FTFY
Ah yes, because bots absolutely haven’t managed to fake/generate faces now have they…
They made it easier for bots to thrive by allowing hidden post histories, limiting the API, and punishing users for “bad” reports, but claim they need face ID to filter out bots?
So glad I ditched reddit.
Yep, same!
If the massive waves of permabans they have been doing for anti-trumpers weren’t enough, this should kill the website entirely.
Something something China owns Reddit, something something Trump pissed of China, something something oblique humor here.
Am I doing it right?
[This is a meta-commentary on why I left reddit, thank you for participating]
Simultaneously China owns Reddit so they control everything there for the see see pee, but somehow they don’t censor that criticism
I would tell folks on Reddit to come to the fediverse but I deleted all my reddit accounts.
There will be someone who will do it. Don’t worry.
Yeah it’s me.
I’m a new lemmy user because of this
Samsies
Welcome! Hope you find and enjoy your space here
Welcome! It’s WAY quieter over here because it’s mostly people, not bots.
I’ve been on reddit for 15 years (on and off again, deleting my accounts and then re-signing up later).
I’m looking forward to a fresh start here.
Welcome! It definitely is quieter in ways here, but I find that actually engaging in conversation is better. There’s more real people here.
But this place also has the downfalls that early Reddit and 4chan had. Still better than current Reddit by miles!
I don’t feel like I’m constantly sorting through low quality bot shit to find a human with authentic human expertise.
I do miss the long chains of wordplay, the sense of humor and fun. But Reddit gave that up for ragebait ages ago.
This
Welcome to the free side of the internet
The real problem was third party clients I swear
how many of us noped the fuck outa there when they tried to force their garbage app on us…? this will only hasten it’s demise.
RedReader still works (for now) - and it’s magnificent.
Reddit has had a bit problem for a long time, and it has probably only gotten worse. I wouldn’t know, because I, an actual human with an opinion, was permabanned in the post-Inauguration bloodbath.
So let the bots run wild, and finish destroying Reddit.
