I made the switch to Lemmy today, feels old school kind of good.

Reddit is not only allowing for bots to run rampant, but also it’s managed by the Epstein class and their supporters.

I’m a new lemmy user because of this

BREAKING NEWS! Reddit figured out how to make their platform even shittier

Can we not quote a Polymarket tweet? WTF.

Watch /r/politics posts go from 22k upvotes to 3k upvotes overnight.

This data surely goes straight to Palentir

The real problem was third party clients I swear

They made it easier for bots to thrive by allowing hidden post histories, limiting the API, and punishing users for “bad” reports, but claim they need face ID to filter out bots?

So glad I ditched reddit.

I mean, requiring FaceID is a horrible idea, but there maybe might be a better alternative (I’m talking about the general idea of a “proof of humanity” online, not specifically using this solution).

The fact of the matter is that bots are a massive issue online. When russia got sanctioned and cut off from the western Internet, r/Conservative went radio silent for a couple of days - until they figured out how to VPN through the Netherlands. There are whole communities where bots discuss bot-posted content. And I have no doubt in my mind that it will also happen on Lemmy as soon as there’s even a hint of profit* to be found.

* “profit” not as in “monetary gain”, but as “any kind of gain, be it money, influence, propaganda, chaos”, etc., etc.

never been happier to have been banned for no reason at all

how many of us noped the fuck outa there when they tried to force their garbage app on us…? this will only hasten it’s demise.

If the massive waves of permabans they have been doing for anti-trumpers weren’t enough, this should kill the website entirely.

I used to assume most of the bots belonged to Reddit. I still do, too.

Reddit should crack down on human users instead! Let Reddit be AI Bot Exclusive space!