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Someone should create a bot that responds to highly upvoted comments and remind the redditor that Reddit is making money off the comment and the information is

Someone should create a bot that responds to highly upvoted comments and remind the redditor that Reddit is making money off the comment and the information is being used by AI and they aren't seeing a dime of it.

dageshi 3y ago
It was going to get scraped and used by AI anyway? Given that I'm not sure I care that much if reddit makes a bit of cash off it. Honestly, this is the future, if it's publically available on the internet it's going to be scraped and used by AI. The inevitable consequence of which is probably more conversation moves into private places like Discord. But that's the future we're in, it's not gonna get rolled back.
- belinder 3y ago
  I don't see why Discord would not follow suit if it has not already Everyone is privacy focused until they're not
  - DiscourseFan 3y ago
    Yeah Discord isn't E2EE, it could easily be transformed into a data mine, which is one of the reasons I stopped using it years ago.
Imnimo 3y ago
With only $60M a year to go around, I'm not sure my share of comments would even add up to a full dime anyway. They can have it.
hobs 3y ago
That's arguably more true in advertising driven reddit than AI reddit - no one comment is going to be worth the most in a data scraper but eyeballs win in advertising. I think the entire thing is scummy too, but its interesting to me how people think that advertisers were somehow less bad than this.
- purpleblue 3y ago
  It's interesting how you're creating an argument out of thin air. The article was about mining comments for AI, not about advertisement. Yet you brought in the topic of advertisement, and then created a fake argument about how people think advertisers are better than AI scraping. It's really weird that you did that.
  - hobs 3y ago
    And it's weird you choose such a confrontational tone instead of one that would cause someone to explain something, thanks for your contribution.
vdaea 3y ago
They are using a service that allows them to make their opinion public and publicised and to know other people's opinions. Or does that have no value now?
- asadotzler 3y ago
  It does have value, enough value that the owners can sell that content to third parties and so reasonably I should get my cut.

dageshi 3y ago

It was going to get scraped and used by AI anyway? Given that I'm not sure I care that much if reddit makes a bit of cash off it. Honestly, this is the future, if it's publically available on the internet it's going to be scraped and used by AI. The inevitable consequence of which is probably more conversation moves into private places like Discord. But that's the future we're in, it's not gonna get rolled back.

belinder 3y ago
I don't see why Discord would not follow suit if it has not already Everyone is privacy focused until they're not
- DiscourseFan 3y ago
  Yeah Discord isn't E2EE, it could easily be transformed into a data mine, which is one of the reasons I stopped using it years ago.

Imnimo 3y ago

With only $60M a year to go around, I'm not sure my share of comments would even add up to a full dime anyway. They can have it.

hobs 3y ago

That's arguably more true in advertising driven reddit than AI reddit - no one comment is going to be worth the most in a data scraper but eyeballs win in advertising. I think the entire thing is scummy too, but its interesting to me how people think that advertisers were somehow less bad than this.

purpleblue 3y ago
It's interesting how you're creating an argument out of thin air. The article was about mining comments for AI, not about advertisement. Yet you brought in the topic of advertisement, and then created a fake argument about how people think advertisers are better than AI scraping. It's really weird that you did that.
- hobs 3y ago
  And it's weird you choose such a confrontational tone instead of one that would cause someone to explain something, thanks for your contribution.

vdaea 3y ago

They are using a service that allows them to make their opinion public and publicised and to know other people's opinions. Or does that have no value now?

asadotzler 3y ago
It does have value, enough value that the owners can sell that content to third parties and so reasonably I should get my cut.