Redditors around the world were scandalized last week after learning that a team of researchers released a swarm of AI-powered, human-impersonating bots
I would like to remind you of two things. The first is that reddit used to have a mod tool called “BotDefense”. It’s shutdown in July of 2023 directly lead to a major uptick in Spam Bots.
The second is that part of the ad revenue is “impressions”. Impressions are just an account (bot or human) “viewing” the ad and they do not require a click-through. The platform hosting the ad still gets paid for those.
I would like to remind you of two things. The first is that reddit used to have a mod tool called “BotDefense”. It’s shutdown in July of 2023 directly lead to a major uptick in Spam Bots.
The second is that part of the ad revenue is “impressions”. Impressions are just an account (bot or human) “viewing” the ad and they do not require a click-through. The platform hosting the ad still gets paid for those.