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I see a lot of these posts on Reddit, too, but I don't think it's actually Anthropic or Claude doing it. It's the same old Reddit karma farmers picking up on th
by Aurornis 7mo ago
I see a lot of these posts on Reddit, too, but I don't think it's actually Anthropic or Claude doing it. It's the same old Reddit karma farmers picking up on the latest trends. They've always combined headlines with ragebait to build karma and now LLM bots make it easier than ever.
It's too bad Reddit allows accounts to hide their comment history now. That was an easy way to identify bot accounts before they started allowing accounts to hide their post history
- AlecSchueler 7mo agoThat is a pity but on the bright side it also helps people to avoid being stalked and harassed.
- pydry 7mo agoI think it probably is claude and anthropic. It kicked off in earnest towards the end of last year when "AI bubble" news stories peaked. They're incredibly exposed to investor sentiment and were likely panicking around sept/oct/nov time when AI bubble stories were trending. These posts were really consistent and repetitive - similar language about "scary good" models and fear of losing jobs.
- binkHN 7mo ago> the same old Reddit karma farmers What's the point of these Internet points?
- whatevaa 7mo agoNumbers go bigger. Plenty of games based in that.
- creamyhorror 7mo agoThe accounts are worth something later (e.g. for spreading opinions or promoting something) and can be sold.
- sph 7mo agoWhy would a 1000 karma bot account be more valuable than a 100 karma? As long as you pass the threshold for not being shadow banned in most subs because of low karma, it’s irrelevant. On HN for example, karma is a relatively stronger signal of account history, on Reddit there are multiple million+ karma accounts that are quite obviously bots.
- Gander5739 7mo agoYou can still look at comment history, e.g. https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/ https://arctic-shift.photon-reddit.com/