Researchers secretly experimented on Reddit users with AI-generated comments
A group of researchers covertly ran a months-long “unauthorized” experiment in one of Reddit’s most popular communities using AI-generated comments to test the persuasiveness of large language models. The experiment, which was revealed over the weekend by moderators of r/changemyview, is described by Reddit mods as “psychological manipulation” of unsuspecting
Elon Musk makes request to Reddit CEO to take down posts he didn’t like
Elon Musk is no fan of content moderation. When Musk acquired Twitter back in 2022, one of the driving forces behind his decision to buy the social media platform was content moderation, especially involving bans on right-wing accounts that he liked. Now, Musk appears to be trying to exert control
Does Reddit have a serious role to play in trip planning?
Once the “Front page of the internet,” social media platform Reddit switched its tagline a few years ago to “Dive into anything” — and that increasingly includes travel planning. Reddit is a United States-based social news aggregation, content rating and forum social network, although half of its users are based outside