I do wonder how this plays out over time. As people go to AI to ask questions, instead of places like Reddit, where will AI get new or more current information?
I also question if we even want to lean on sites like Reddit so hard. It turns AI into a way to effectively ask random people on the street, rather than good factual information from reliable sources.
codingdave · 2h ago
I share those concerns. Reddit is already 90% crap, with 10% decent info. People who rave about reddit focus on that 10%, and ignore the 90%. But how is AI going to properly filter that?
I also worry about the echo chamber effect. If people learn from AI, and AI is updated based on reddit... which is full of people talking about what they learned from AI.... you can see the echo chamber being built before our eyes.
alganet · 2h ago
Why am I on the side that thinks Reddit has become a mess?
Gamification strategies, like medals and paid goodies, polluted its points system.
That whole fiasco trying to come up with NFT avatar pictures, it was an especulation shot in the dark about uniqueness identification that went nowhere.
To me, it looks like a dead platform floating in the water. When it moves, it's because the ocean moves, not because it's alive.
Instead of focusing on what its perceived advantage is (humans talking and a supposedly good karma system), it keeps going for these cheap shots.
JohnFen · 1h ago
This is pretty much my opinion of Reddit. I stopped using it a few years back because of it.
al_borland · 1h ago
Once they decided to go public the enshittificafion intensified as the users took a backseat to the company’s efforts to monetize those users.
I also question if we even want to lean on sites like Reddit so hard. It turns AI into a way to effectively ask random people on the street, rather than good factual information from reliable sources.
I also worry about the echo chamber effect. If people learn from AI, and AI is updated based on reddit... which is full of people talking about what they learned from AI.... you can see the echo chamber being built before our eyes.
Gamification strategies, like medals and paid goodies, polluted its points system.
That whole fiasco trying to come up with NFT avatar pictures, it was an especulation shot in the dark about uniqueness identification that went nowhere.
To me, it looks like a dead platform floating in the water. When it moves, it's because the ocean moves, not because it's alive.
Instead of focusing on what its perceived advantage is (humans talking and a supposedly good karma system), it keeps going for these cheap shots.