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Reddit stock drops 9% as Google AI content deal nears expiration (qz.com)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 149 points 3 months ago (13 children)

Props to everybody here who helped to contribute to that drop just a teeny tiny little bit.

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  • [–] 53 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    My personal shame is to still google “product” + Reddit every month if so. Nothing compares to Reddit’s comments on recommendations.

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  • [–] 63 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    It's true, but the value is diminishing. I've tried that and more than once in the past half year, the advice within reddit posts were clearly astroturf AI-generated slop, and some of them were upvoted in similar amounts to apparent real recommendations.

    Companies know Reddit is a recommendation hotspot, and stealth advertising is becoming typical business practice.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    yeah SEO people have caught on tons of fake reviews for products

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Still worthwhile for older posts. Limit responses to 3+ years old and they’re pretty good

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    The problem with that is that any product that was good three years ago is far from guaranteed to be good now. Everything is getting shittier and less consistent. Any given product run manufactured in a different factory than the last run if there's a lower bidder. I don't trust reviews older than like six months at this point.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 months ago

    I contributed first by no longer posting there and only rarely lurking on niches that aren't popular here. I am contributing more now that they have blocked old.reddit, because ain't no way I'm even lurking with the new interface.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago

    I went back about a month ago to delve into a pipetobacco community since there's fuckall on the fediverse for anything even remotely similar, and got bored in half a day, found a UBB board and joined it instead, then I left the reddit account to rot.

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