• DrQuint
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    1 year ago

    Want your mind blown further?

    Both platforms started out with fake users posting a dozen or so comments on top posts to feign activity on top posts and incentive others to join in.

    Why didn’t many other platforms do the same? They did. But it takes labor, and labor costs money. So who cares, right?

    Except that’s not true anymoee. Now, in a post-ChatGTP, the labor cost is gone. And screw “dozens”. If someone has access to enough training data, they can design a machine that does HUNDREDS of typical-user.

    Reddit right now is the picture perfect of the conservatives they love to hate on so much on WhitePeopleTwitter. They went in through a door, got theirs, and now are afraid and trying to keep it closed from the other side.