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BotDefense is leaving Reddit (arstechnica.com)
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Title says it all. If you think Reddit's been trending down lately, just wait.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Maybe that's the plan, charge the bots to talk to each other

[–] everythingsucks@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Close.

  1. Make people have to sign up to use Reddit
  2. Have bots do the work of people by reposting old top posts
  3. ?????
  4. Profit
[–] lolola@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It'll be like watching a bunch of CPU players fight each other in Smash Bros. That's entertaining, right?

[–] LegendaryKora@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

In otherwords they're speedrunning the capitalism fueled ai takeover