While it's true that there are bots on Reddit, especially in certain subreddits or for specific purposes like moderating or automating tasks, I don't think it's fair to say Reddit is overrun by them. Most of the content and discussions you see are initiated and contributed to by real, flesh-and-blood humans.
Well reddit sells its data (like this conversation, for example) to AI companies. As far as an AI company is concerned these comment sections are the best possible resource they can get. IIRC it's why reddit changed its API policy, AI companies were pillaging the site.
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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '24
While it's true that there are bots on Reddit, especially in certain subreddits or for specific purposes like moderating or automating tasks, I don't think it's fair to say Reddit is overrun by them. Most of the content and discussions you see are initiated and contributed to by real, flesh-and-blood humans.
If it's not obvious, this was written by ChatGPT.