alt Hacker NewsReddit is slowly dying for me for that reason. So many bot / bot like accounts that seem ... off / hidden histories. Trust level with any given comment or post now is reaching 0 fast.
It's a bummer because it's hitting a lot of users and even valid users who don't communicate good are getting hit hard too with skeptical responses.
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georgel • today at 6:53 PM
The irony of Reddit's early days was that it was bootstrapped with fake accounts run by the founder.
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Yep, allowing users to hide history has made it straightforward for bots to exist unchallenged.
Previously a quick scan of comment history would make it obvious you're looking at an LLM, now you're stuck arguing over a one off comment where they can get away with benefit of the doubt.