I post only on the specialized/my hobby subs which are very small. Never noticed my post no getting an upvote or real engagement. I highly doubt att AI knows jack shit about table top mini fig painting and how to wrench on a Samurai. The big subs I like to follow I just lurk in as they are usually toxic AF
But I see your point, I think they are going about it all wrong as they can easily ID bots. How often the post in a 24hr period\how fast they reply over time\IP sharing\etc. Somewhere in their plan the bots must have value, or did have value before the AI scrapping\training. My guess it was ad revenue which has been called out on that.
I did make that acct w/ a Proton and its been up for 3 months. If they nuke it I will just go back the forums. Old Skool.
I’m pretty much like you. I made a reddit account with proton about 6 months ago, but if this one gets closed, it’ll be the end of my story with Reddit. Seriously, it’s the peak of stupidity to target a huge number of people just because they use a certain type of email! I found out that some people made new accounts and opened them using a VPN, and their accounts were closed instantly! I really don’t understand how they think!
I use a VPN on the alt/clandestine acct, so far so good after a few months. But I only login maybe every 2 weeks to catch up on my hobby subs. Post almost nothing expect to my hobby subs.
I agree, not everyone wants to get a gmail acct or use a real acct like from work for obvious reasons. They keep shooting themselves in the foot and its almost no a surprise the stupid stunts they pull.
I post only on the specialized/my hobby subs which are very small. Never noticed my post no getting an upvote or real engagement. I highly doubt att AI knows jack shit about table top mini fig painting and how to wrench on a Samurai. The big subs I like to follow I just lurk in as they are usually toxic AF
But I see your point, I think they are going about it all wrong as they can easily ID bots. How often the post in a 24hr period\how fast they reply over time\IP sharing\etc. Somewhere in their plan the bots must have value, or did have value before the AI scrapping\training. My guess it was ad revenue which has been called out on that.
I did make that acct w/ a Proton and its been up for 3 months. If they nuke it I will just go back the forums. Old Skool.
I’m pretty much like you. I made a reddit account with proton about 6 months ago, but if this one gets closed, it’ll be the end of my story with Reddit. Seriously, it’s the peak of stupidity to target a huge number of people just because they use a certain type of email! I found out that some people made new accounts and opened them using a VPN, and their accounts were closed instantly! I really don’t understand how they think!
I use a VPN on the alt/clandestine acct, so far so good after a few months. But I only login maybe every 2 weeks to catch up on my hobby subs. Post almost nothing expect to my hobby subs.
I agree, not everyone wants to get a gmail acct or use a real acct like from work for obvious reasons. They keep shooting themselves in the foot and its almost no a surprise the stupid stunts they pull.