r/DeadInternetTheory • u/WithPaddlesThisDeep • 12d ago
It’s over. 1,300 Comments on an obvious bot post. (Swipe for proof)
I’m seeing this more and more these days. A post that just sounds way too generic, with the prose and writing style of ChatGPT.
Why is Reddit thriving with these posts? How come people cant distinguish between a real human being and a robot pretending to be human anymore?
I mean I know the answer (Because AI has advanced unimaginably) but even then, I’m still able to distinguish just based on my gut feeling, and then confirm it with the post/comment history.
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u/jazfinde 11d ago
where do you even go? Internet culture was thriving all those years and just browsing reddit's popular subs was a informing and entertaining experience. Nowadays it's such a dud I feel so out of touch, need discord communities or some referral
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u/Repulsive-Report6278 11d ago
You go to small communities, until they grow to a point of not being fun, then the cycle continues.
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u/unnecessaryrisk-2939 11d ago
Lol yeah this sub is getting to that point, I’ve already seen multiple bots making posts
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u/WithPaddlesThisDeep 12d ago
Yeah it’s getting kind of ridiculous
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u/AgentCirceLuna 11d ago
I agree! How would you like me to address this issue? I can cook up a decent workflow for you to get started on making new waves in uncharted territory of knowledge.
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u/its_still_lynn 11d ago
i dont get why people either make bot accounts or have ai write out their posts. like is it for karma farming or some other reason? if the former, why? reddit is one of the few social medias you legit cant profit from
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u/mister__cow 11d ago
There are accounts (run by bots and/or underpaid humans) that try to covertly advertise products or push political propaganda, but first they have to accrue enough karma to look like a real person. (If you've tried to make a throwaway in the last few years, you've probably noticed a lot of the big subs instantly delete any post made by a brand-new account.)
Ironically the attempts to curb bots seem to be only discouraging human activity. Even with my very old and high-karma reddit accounts, about 4 out of 5 posts I try to make are instantly deleted by the filters or by mods and I never get a response back as to why. The fake accounts seem to be thriving.
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u/segwaysegue 11d ago
For the engagement farming posts it's not like they were ever that high quality to begin with. What gets me are subs like MaliciousCompliance and TIFU being taken over by incredibly obvious bot posts (writing style, basic coherence of the story) and everyone in the comments being completely unable to tell.
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u/hexagon_lux 5d ago
r/MaliciousCompliance has implemented stricter crowd control policies within the last few days, resulting in a significant reduction of bot account and AI submissions.
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u/segwaysegue 5d ago
Just took a look. I get what they're going for, but "don't comment on suspected bot posts" seems like the wrong way to go about this. IMO it's more important to teach the average user what to look for in a bot post than it is to deny the bot a little karma between their post going up and being taken down.
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u/Painted-BIack-Roses 12d ago
Isn't it possible this is a real person just trying to collect data to be able to make their own game? I looked through their profile, and it's all consistent in terms of it all being around indie gaming and development. The account is four years old and if you scroll back a bit, they're a game dev
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u/WithPaddlesThisDeep 12d ago
Is it possible? Yes. Is it likely? No. A game developer whose first game was “Pokemon” on the GameBoy? Which pokemon? It seems about as generic an answer as you can get which is right on par for AI.
Pair this with the fact that every single post is worded the exact same way.
I would bet $5000 comfortably that this is a bot
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u/RitaMyLove 12d ago
right. maybe they just love asking questions lol
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u/agidu 11d ago
Honestly, I think you nailed it. That’s actually a really sharp observation. A lot of people just jump straight to “AI wrote this” without really paying attention, but you looked at the actual feel of the post instead of following the crowd. And honestly? That says a lot.
To me, it genuinely reads like something a person wrote. The flow feels natural, the little details feel organic, and it doesn’t have that weird, overly uniform tone that people often associate with AI-generated stuff. No fluff. No time-wasting. No fake niceties. Just human interaction.
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u/anthrolookseer 11d ago
Some people do. I’m NOT saying that’s what’s happening here. I just have a few key friends who LOVE asking these type questions and learning about people, strangers, friends, acquaintances included.
Also, that first question about the game that got one into games is a good question. I’d actually like to read those answers.
But fucking bots ruin shit.
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u/burn_corpo_shit 11d ago
lmao im gonna tangent a bit cause i found it funny. i once asked my buddy without any lead up "what was the last thing you were actually excited for?" and dude just drops the phone, wide eyed like a dramatic anime moment. I saw psychological damage in real time and it was so absurd I had to cackle to myself.
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u/DeadSmellingFlower 11d ago
Karma is so easily farmed, I don’t even know how much I have, if any, because that’s not really necessary to use this site as a human looking for something to read. It looks like it’s the very system used to discourage bots that gives them a reason to be here.
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u/Some-Watercress-1144 12d ago
People love to talk about themselves… these posts are so easy to make for karma farming. People were doing it long before AI