Georg_Simmel
Georg_Simmel t1_j1by1qq wrote
Reply to comment by icedrift in Only seeing AI posts on my feed yet there are tons of other Non-AI posts in the Sub. by Tamagotchi41
Ha, well, at The Expanse is a great show.
Georg_Simmel t1_j1booed wrote
Reply to comment by icedrift in Only seeing AI posts on my feed yet there are tons of other Non-AI posts in the Sub. by Tamagotchi41
Everyone thinks that everything that annoys them on the internet is "bots." Get downvoted? Bots. A post annoys you? Bots. Someone posted a political opinion you don't agree with? Bots.
AI is popular in the media right now and reddit "broke" the algorithm, so people are convinced this is some conspiracy to get us to accept AI.
I don't doubt that bots are used to manipulate content on reddit but if the low-effort crap that's showing up in my feed is their goal, it's not working out well.
Georg_Simmel t1_j1bncw2 wrote
Reply to comment by icedrift in Only seeing AI posts on my feed yet there are tons of other Non-AI posts in the Sub. by Tamagotchi41
Exactly. The only reason I saw this post was because the algorithm boosted it. There was definitely a recent change to the algorithm though because my feed is crowded with low-effort discussion posts (and people complaining about them!).
Georg_Simmel t1_j1bn2tv wrote
Reply to Only seeing AI posts on my feed yet there are tons of other Non-AI posts in the Sub. by Tamagotchi41
There's something going on across reddit right now. I know a lot of people are claiming it's "bots" doing this but I don't think that's the case because this same thing is happening in lots of other subreddits (like r/movies and r/television). I think there was a change made to the algorithm that is boosting question/discussion posts (like this one!) so they show up in our feeds. I suspect that, in the case of this subreddit, the AI posts aren't actually any different than what typically get posted here *but* the algorithm is boosting them now.
There are probably more AI posts because that's a popular topic right now so more people are making their way here to talk about it. This sort of pattern is entirely normal and didn't used to get any attention. Now that reddit is shoving them into our feeds, they're getting a lot more (negative) attention instead of being ignored.
As another example, I've noticed in both r/movies and r/television that there has been a flood of low-effort discussion posts about older movies/shows (like, "What did you all think about season one of White Lotus?!?") popping up in my feed.
Georg_Simmel t1_j1by9xl wrote
Reply to comment by icedrift in Only seeing AI posts on my feed yet there are tons of other Non-AI posts in the Sub. by Tamagotchi41
Maybe it was you who mentioned it in your other post but I’m pretty sure it’s an “engagement” thing to get people involved in posts other than the popular ones.