cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/ask/p/1088403/what-happens-when-reddit-actually-dies-start-being-90-bots
Right now there is high bot activity on Reddit, but the high amount of users make it tolerable to some extent.
But one thing that I don’t see anyone talk about is what happens when bots to humans ratio become so high(>70%)? Like what if you checked Reddit only to see reposts and propaganda?
Following news websites does not have interactivity and more importantly, sharing events as it happens is something that is rare to get outside Reddit aed TikTok If I am being very honest.
I even stopped seeing more new memes outside meta platforms.
Is there is a forum/app for citzen journalism? Any crowdsourced tech tips forum exist?
Most corporate social media is already overrun with AI slop. Even Mastodon has too much slop for me. People don’t seem to mind as much as we do over here on the fediverse and even that is a gross generalization, because most people here don’t seem to mind it anywhere near as much as I do… They just are data center nimbys. So, my guess, to be honest, is people will just engage with it the same way they do with other content for 90% of people. Maybe 10% get disgusted and leave. The children pine for the crypto mines.