fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoReddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purgearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square364fedilinkarrow-up11.54Karrow-down137cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlRedditMigration@kbin.social
arrow-up11.51Karrow-down1external-linkReddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purgearstechnica.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square364fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlRedditMigration@kbin.social
minus-squareTwoGems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·1 year agoIs that why 90% of everything is the same unfunny reposts from 80 years ago now?
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·1 year agoDue to the lack of visible karma, people repost way less on Lemmy than on reddit.
minus-squareAdmiralShat@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoIt’s less about visible karma and more about how high karma can push you to r/all faster, meaning people can sell those accounts.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYou just have bots that auto post to lemmy from reddit instead, and flood the feed with no intervention. Which may actually be worse.
minus-squareMargot Robbie@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoI block them. Did a big rant about that very topic a while back.
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agolemm.ee made plans to block bots.
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoI’ve seen not only reposts, but also comments that I swear I’ve seen before with thousands of upvotes. The repost swarm is working in overdrive.
minus-squareHello Hotel@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAre they at least labeled as bots?
minus-squareAeroLemming@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoObviously not. This is Reddit we’re talking about here.
minus-squareSqueezeMeMacaroni@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoNo, this is business as usual for Reddit
Is that why 90% of everything is the same unfunny reposts from 80 years ago now?
So nothing’s changed then?
Due to the lack of visible karma, people repost way less on Lemmy than on reddit.
It’s less about visible karma and more about how high karma can push you to r/all faster, meaning people can sell those accounts.
You just have bots that auto post to lemmy from reddit instead, and flood the feed with no intervention.
Which may actually be worse.
I block them. Did a big rant about that very topic a while back.
lemm.ee made plans to block bots.
I’ve seen not only reposts, but also comments that I swear I’ve seen before with thousands of upvotes. The repost swarm is working in overdrive.
Are they at least labeled as bots?
Obviously not. This is Reddit we’re talking about here.
No, this is business as usual for Reddit