Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

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[–] 35 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Interesting side effect that this will probably kill off some of the Reddit repost bots over here

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    Sanitation and his army of bots operate through a Firefox extension so I think we'll still get the trash posts from reddit, at least!

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Is there anywhere to track him?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    SMCF posted a list not too long ago but I'm not sure where it is.

    Sanitation, Time2lose, oldmanalex, grumpus_maximus, mustachio_grumpus (or something), noralenderbee, liquorice. Those are the ones I remember

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    Seems unlikely. If someone is invested in making those bots, they'll find a way. Running a browser in a VM and simulating clicks is totally doable. If that's what it takes to make money, they'll do it.

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