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Potatos_are_not_friends @lemmy.world - Question is a common question people Google for. Potentially AI generates.
- Post is filled with AI bots answering to inflate user numbers.
- Post is used by websites to generate new content. Often by AI.
- AI scrapes reddit post for data, and verified it on those websites.
- AI ouroboros
29 2 ReplyStarkillerX42 @lemmy.ml Thanks to those API changes, Reddit is AI free!
12 0 ReplyPotatos_are_not_friends @lemmy.world You don't need APIs to bot. APIs provide a "official" method and make it easier.
You can automate web scrapers and bots without APIs since forever.
11 0 ReplyLetterboxPancake @sh.itjust.works True, but it was a selling point of the API changes if I remember correctly. Some insane fanboys attacked everyone with stupid arguments like that one when you were critical of the changes. That drove me away even faster.
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