fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoReddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purgearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square386fedilinkarrow-up11.62Karrow-down141cross-posted to: snoocalypse@lemmy.mlredditwasfun@lemmy.worldreddit@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareTwoGems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·10 months agoIs that why 90% of everything is the same unfunny reposts from 80 years ago now?
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·10 months agoDue to the lack of visible karma, people repost way less on Lemmy than on reddit.
minus-squareAdmiralShat@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·10 months agoIt’s less about visible karma and more about how high karma can push you to r/all faster, meaning people can sell those accounts.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoYou just have bots that auto post to lemmy from reddit instead, and flood the feed with no intervention. Which may actually be worse.
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI block them. Did a big rant about that very topic a while back.
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agolemm.ee made plans to block bots.
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoI’ve seen not only reposts, but also comments that I swear I’ve seen before with thousands of upvotes. The repost swarm is working in overdrive.
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoAre they at least labeled as bots?
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoObviously not. This is Reddit we’re talking about here.
minus-squareSqueezeMeMacaroni@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoNo, this is business as usual for Reddit
Is that why 90% of everything is the same unfunny reposts from 80 years ago now?
So nothing’s changed then?
Due to the lack of visible karma, people repost way less on Lemmy than on reddit.
It’s less about visible karma and more about how high karma can push you to r/all faster, meaning people can sell those accounts.
You just have bots that auto post to lemmy from reddit instead, and flood the feed with no intervention.
Which may actually be worse.
I block them. Did a big rant about that very topic a while back.
lemm.ee made plans to block bots.
I’ve seen not only reposts, but also comments that I swear I’ve seen before with thousands of upvotes. The repost swarm is working in overdrive.
Are they at least labeled as bots?
Obviously not. This is Reddit we’re talking about here.
No, this is business as usual for Reddit