• JensSpahnpasta@feddit.org
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    21 hours ago

    Let’s not blame AI for everything: Reddit had a lot of problems before AI became big. Repost bots are so common that you’ll see the same posts over and over again. Some of those twitter screenshots must have been posted hundreds or thousands of times. OnlyFans spam also works without AI. And we have had those bots spamming the same stupid comments before people were even thinking about GPTs.

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      17 hours ago

      While I agree being shitty is a human problem, shitty people are using AI to be shitty faster.

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      20 hours ago

      Repost bots should be built in to Reddit tbh

      Just take whatever was the top 5 a year ago and repost it at the same time

      Karma guaranteed

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        20 hours ago

        5 years? I see the same reposted on a daily basis. One guy was reposting his own rainwater drain video, different angle every week.

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          9 hours ago

          Lately there’s been someone chopping chives every day and posting a photo of the result.

          There was a bit of a drama when someone noticed that the same photo was reused from a couple of weeks back.

          The poster said they didnt have time to do it that day but wanted to keep the streak so they just re-posted an old one hoping no one would notice.

          It was just such an amazing and engaging sequence of events and I feel fulfilled having been able to follow this roller coaster of emotion /s.