Here's an example of chatgpt\bots being used to push products (www.reddit.com)
this user seems to be a mix of a chatgpt bot and a real person. Notice how soo many of their posts are these long overly formal\affectionate replies with a link to specific products. The products are amazon links (probably referal links) and all the amazon links are hidden behind a redirect by using tastechocolate.co.uk with a...
Are 3rd party apps finally really dead?
Revanced & being a mod doesn’t seem to matter anymore....
Reddit seem to have switched to the newer, even shittier UI by default.
Old reddit has removed the login fields
It now redirects you to the new site login page. There’s no way to sign up with out an email anymore(?) It was only possible on the old site.
AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)
Reddit full of political bias
Recently on Reddit there are memes after memes on election. Specifically, rather pro-Israel “No vote for Biden is vote for Trump!” If you open, you see a bunch of same-minded people complaining about anti-Bibi protestors....
Reddit shares plunge almost 25% in two days, finish the week below first day close (www.cnbc.com)
Reddit Insiders Selling Days After IPO; Shares Fall (www.investors.com)
How many people actually dropped Reddit for Lemmy?
It is possible to estimate?
Reddit seems to be down for many people according to DownDetector reports (downdetector.com)
Asked /r/news mods something, probably shouldn't have bothered (kbin.social)
So, I deleted everything I'd posted to Reddit almost a year ago now and have been over here in federated space since....
reddit.com: We had a server error (lemmy.ml)
Reddit Reports Surge in Copyright-Related User Bans (torrentfreak.com)
... (lemmy.ml)
Reddit power users balk at chance to participate in IPO as Wall Street debut nears (www.cnbc.com)
Reddit Prices I.P.O. at $34 a Share (www.nytimes.com)
Reddit sent me invitations to their IPO to my "deleted" accounts! That's a GDPR violation! (lemmy.world)
Any pointers on how to report them?...
Marketers are about to infiltrate your favorite subreddits. (www.theverge.com)
Ahead of its IPO, Reddit announced a set of tools for businesses that want to be more active on the platform — including the ability to see which subreddits are mentioning a brand. For businesses, Reddit says it’s a way to “establish and grow a meaningful organic presence on Reddit.” In other words: the brands are...
Reddit's Meme Stock Forum Users Threaten to Bet Against Its IPO (Bloomberg, via archive.today) (archive.is)
Reddit Inc.'s stock-trading enthusiasts made it a household name by backing companies that Wall Street wouldn’t. For Reddit’s own initial public offering, a group of them are about to flip the script....
The Discussion Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results - Reddit's dominance and the downsides of that (detailed.com)
“I didn’t notice a single new or low-post-count forum”...
Did Reddit year-end recaps expose Russian interference in Alberta? (www.stalbertgazette.com)
Wait. Why is Reddit losing so much money? (web.archive.org)
Reddit kind of anticipates this critique in its investor docs, and argues that it didn’t really start operating as a serious business until 2018 when it finally started “meaningful monetization efforts” — that is, trying to make money for real....