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spyckie2 | 12 days ago

Anthropic was the first to spam reddit with fake users and posts, flooding and controlling their subreddit to be a giant sycophant.

They nuked the internet by themselves. Basically they are the willing and happy instigators of the dead internet as long as they profit from it.

They are by no means ethical, they are a for-profit company.

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staticman2|11 days ago

> Anthropic was the first to spam reddit with fake users and posts, flooding and controlling their subreddit to be a giant sycophant.

Is the Claude subreddit less authentic than the ChatGPT one?

I remember for a while the Claude subreddit was filled with people saying "I asked Claude if it was conscious and the answer was soooo fascinating you guys."

I think the ChatGPT one was filled with posts like "I had ChatGPT write my resume and now I'm rolling in cash!"

I found both subreddits unreadable.

tokioyoyo|12 days ago

I actually agree with you, but I have no idea how one can compete in this playing field. The second there are a couple of bad actors in spammarketing, your hands are tied. You really can’t win without playing dirty.

I really hate this, not justifying their behaviour, but have no clue how one can do without the other.

spyckie2|12 days ago

Its just law of the jungle all over again. Might makes right. Outcomes over means.

Game theory wise there is no solution except to declare (and enforce) spaces where leeching / degrading the environment is punished, and sharing, building, and giving back to the environment is rewarded.

Not financially, because it doesn't work that way, usually through social cred or mutual values.

But yeah the internet can no longer be that space where people mutually agree to be nice to each other. Rather utility extraction dominates—influencers, hype traders, social thought manipulators-and the rest of the world quietly leaves if they know what's good for them.

Lovely times, eh?