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A possible endgame of this quest for growth is just mixing unlabeled ads directly in with search content. Effectively pay for ranking with some quality filter.
by nikhizzle 2y ago
A possible endgame of this quest for growth is just mixing unlabeled ads directly in with search content. Effectively pay for ranking with some quality filter. I'm pretty sure it won't come to that, but worse things have happened.
- dabeeeenster 2y agoLike this doesnt happen already and hasnt been the case for the last 10 years?
- akomtu 2y agoInjecting ads into the actual search results looks egregious today, but will be the norm later.
- jasonfarnon 2y agoFirst they'll just insert them among the results but--no need to worry!--"clearly" labeled as ads. Then the labels get smaller and smaller. Like Quora, yahoo news, etc.
- akomtu 2y agoI meant the actual search results will be mangled to show ads. And that's where llms come into play: they can merge a quote from wikipedia with a pharma-sponsored ad.
- amf12 2y agoLike this? https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/reddit-sneaky-ai-spam-bots-compete-to-sell-you-stuff/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/reddit-sneaky-ai-spa...
- oblio 2y agoIn many countries this would be illegal for classic media.