abadideaJun 12, 2023

so two different massive Content Farms that depend heavily on the free labor of moderators have pushed their mods into a strike in the space of a week, one over AI nonsense and the other over trying to imitate Elon. Maximum 2023 behavior

(stack overflow and reddit)

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@0xabad1dea Wait, what's going on with SO? Haven't heard anything about that
Jun 12, 2023 at 2:42pmWeb
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@udondan check the replies
Show threadudondanJun 12, 2023
@0xabad1dea Maybe that's a mastodon thingy but all replies *I* can see don't help at all
Show threadabadideaJun 12, 2023

@udondan OH sorry I forgot that mastodon can be weird like that.

long story short: site told moderators that "being obviously AI generated" is not a reason to remove a comment

Show threadudondanJun 12, 2023

@0xabad1dea Heh, that's new. Last public announcement I'm aware of, was that GPT stuff ain't welcome.

But I feared worst, being mentioned together with Reddit.

Thanks for details!