• 0 Posts
  • 6 Comments
Joined 1 year ago
cake
Cake day: July 1st, 2023

help-circle



  • 429@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world*Permanently Deleted*
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    I thought Reddit and Twitter were pretty clearly responses to the massive data grab by OpenAI that let them train their language models.

    I assume there are other factors involved too, like Reddit trying to force everyone to use its app. But I don’t think it’s coincidence this happened not long after ChatGPT took off.

    … Though now that you mention it, I wonder if there’s a connection between Netflix stamping out password sharing and Youtube getting serious about ads.


  • Kids should never have been on Reddit, imo. Not because of their comments or the content they produce. But Reddit, and I guess social media in general, is for someone who can think critically and has some experience in life. Because there is so much garbage on there.

    There are absolutely kids under 10 using Reddit right now, and they’re getting introduced to the adult world by some of the sleaziest dysfunctional adults around. And even if they don’t get that deep into Reddit, it’s still not a healthy place for them. It’s not healthy for adults, we all know that, but kids on Reddit are growing up with it as a major contributor to their worldviews.

    You know, it’s basically GIGO. Adults can, in theory, understand that what Reddit says is opinion (often extreme and bizarre opinion) and not fact, but kids won’t.


  • 429@lemmy.worldtoReddit Was Fun@lemmy.worldWelcome RIF users
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    It’s a little disgusting, but completely in character, for Reddit to leech off those apps for over a decade and then stab them in the back.

    And by leech, I mean I question whether Reddit would have grown as much as it did without the 3rd-party apps. Hardly anyone uses Reddit desktop.

    … it’s probably a good thing that I don’t have Reddit on my phone now, to be honest, just wish it hadn’t happened this way.