Dan GillmorMay 16, 2024

As warned, Reddit has taken a bundle of money from "Open"AI and will use it to further monetize what you -- and the volunteers who moderate it all -- contributed for free.

It's the norm now, and particularly slimy in this case.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising

OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts

Reddit and OpenAI have signed an arrangement that makes the site’s posts available in ChatGPT and allows Reddit to build new tools using OpenAI’s models.

The Verge
Show threadBrian SullivanMay 16, 2024
@dangillmor Isn't that the only way social media sites can make money ... to somehow monetize what users contribute? I am not sure how this is any different or more slimey than any other monetization.
Show threadMichael Ormsby

@briansullivan @dangillmor Look at the history of reddit. There was a kind of equilibrium between users contributing content and moderators contributing time on one hand and the owners of reddit on the other. Users with very specialized interests like art or photography could find support and an enthusiastic community.

Then Steve Huffman decided he needed to make a lot of money. He started by forcing an app called Apollo off the site. Users rebelled and left, many deleting their content.

May 16, 2024 at 11:48pmWeb
Show threadSquidAceBoiMay 17, 2024
@michaelormsby @briansullivan @dangillmor I was one of the people who left because of that debacle which was started based on Huffman’s greed.
Fuck u/spez, forever and always.