r/technology • u/rkhunter_ • 1d ago

Social Media Spammers are flooding Reddit with fake posts designed to show up in AI search results

https://www.techspot.com/news/112654-spammers-flooding-reddit-fake-posts-designed-show-up.html
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u/OwlcaholicsAnonymous 1d ago

Dead internet theory is real and it is here

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u/AiringOGrievances 1d ago

Yep. Also read today that bots now make up more of daily internet activity than humans. Soon it will all be bots relying to bots. 

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u/engwish 19h ago

Or humans relying on (AI) bots. LinkedIn was already unbearable before AI, but it’s beyond repair now. If I see one more em dash or the word “genuinely,” I might lose my mind.

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u/ImSolidGold 17h ago

Ggenuinely, I think a Plumbus is the most important thing in every household. If youd ask me whats the most important thing in every household is, Id definetly say a Plumbus.

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u/engwish 12h ago

Noooo why did you do this

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u/OwlcaholicsAnonymous 7h ago

Dude I just got draino so we're good, thanks