New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion - eviltoast
  • JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Reddit is going to end up just being trolls arguing with bots and corporate shills… if it isn’t already. I haven’t been there in a long time, but I’m fairly confident in that assessment.

    What i really wonder about is how long a site can profit off of the majority of activity coming from bots. I’m not tech savvy enough to know if the analytics can tell the difference between a bot posting and a person. How long can that go on before the site stops being profitable via ads? Will companies pay to advertise to bots? Would they even know? It’s kinda funny to think about honestly.

    It’ll be really interesting to see how reddit’s downfall comes to be though.