@lrhodes
it's far worse than that
look at the age of this sub:
old.reddit.com/r/SubredditSimu…
11 years
there are improved models:
old.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorG…
7 years
#reddit is a pioneer in fake #bot engagement
the founders of reddit are on record saying 99% of the first userbase/ comments of reddit were all fakes:
economictimes.indiatimes.com/m…
reddit is full of bots. a lot of it is fake
enjoy reddit. i do
but know that you are in a sea of markov chain chatbots -> #GPT
and always have been
Reddit ‘faked its first users’: Resurfaced video shows co-founder Alexis Ohanian admitting 99% of early submissions were fabricated
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian revealed that nearly 99% of early Reddit submissions were fabricated by him and Steve Huffman to create an illusion of user activity.ET Online (The Economic Times)
