decentralized@lemmy.worldtoLemmy.World Announcements@lemmy.world•Update from Lemmy devs after reddit blackoutEnglish
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1 year agoMy heart goes out to the devs. They have inherented the most tech savvy and generally resistant portion of Reddit. God save their souls
I think that a lot of this recent push to monetize has surrounded the content on the site being used for AI models and big data with the intent to IPO. If all you can offer to consumers training a large language model is sexy photos of John Oliver and Olde timey speak. Then it becomes a lot less appealing as training data. I do agree that this will increase engagement, but if the alternative is hostile takeover maybe this is good?