ylai@lemmy.ml to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoReddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nearswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down15
arrow-up1184arrow-down1external-linkReddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nearswww.cnbc.comylai@lemmy.ml to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-square_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·8 months agoI think these days the average user is a bot
minus-squarephdepressed@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·8 months agoInsert astronaut meme.
minus-squareZaktor@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoBut right now they’re naive bots built on other text corpuses, soon they’ll be trained on Reddit itself, so they can karma farm and continue memes from the aughts for the rest of time without the need for pesky users.
minus-squaren3m37h@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoWith 40-60% of internet traffic being bots I’d say you’re not wrong
I think these days the average user is a bot
Insert astronaut meme.
But right now they’re naive bots built on other text corpuses, soon they’ll be trained on Reddit itself, so they can karma farm and continue memes from the aughts for the rest of time without the need for pesky users.
With 40-60% of internet traffic being bots I’d say you’re not wrong