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Reddit has a massive botting and scamming problem, but they provide almost no meaningful ways for mods to counteract it. It's the same issue that other social m
by Bloodhail 3y ago
Reddit has a massive botting and scamming problem, but they provide almost no meaningful ways for mods to counteract it. It's the same issue that other social media sites like Twitter have. Bots pad their user metrics, so it's in their best interest to look the other way.
This has resulted in a degradation of content quality, especially so in the last three years with the rise of short-form garbage. A loss of mods who had genuine passion for their respective sub-communities will only worsen the problem. I give it a few years before Reddit is dominated by bots talking to one another using ChatGPT-generated swill.