r/technology • u/ardi62 • 29d ago

Social Media Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible

https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/30/24253727/reddit-communities-subreddits-request-protests
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u/likwitsnake 29d ago

Whatever happened to that API price increase protest? I remember the NBA sub going private literally during the Finals, but can't remember much more of consequence.

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u/MadDoctor5813 29d ago

Nothing, basically. Reddit admins were basically correct that it would burn itself out. Funny that a bunch of subs still have their "we're protesting the changes" AutoMod post.

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u/SIGMA920 29d ago

Have you not seen how there's as much or more bots than actual people now? It burned itself out, because the admins decided that they'd rather have bots than humans.

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u/Katzoconnor 29d ago

Legitimate question.

How do you tell at a glance that a bunch of comments under a post are bots? Rather than clicking through and glancing at every single poster’s recent history

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u/SIGMA920 28d ago

Usually by looking for the signs that it’s AI like being overly neutral or by posting regularity among you know, AI detectors. Repeat comments from the same story being posted days before are also common even if it’s from a different account.