If you did it over the API debacle then you’re not one of the people I’m talking about here. This is about people deleting their content to prevent it from being used to train AIs.
Do you not remember the real reason why the API debacle happened in the first place was to prepare for this moment? It was always about easy access to training data, third party apps got caught in the crossfire.
That’s ignoring an awful lot of other considerations. Obviously Reddit hasn’t explained itself in a trustworthy way, but a common belief at the time is that it was to force people to use the official Reddit mobile app so they could be subject to advertising.
If you did it over the API debacle then you’re not one of the people I’m talking about here. This is about people deleting their content to prevent it from being used to train AIs.
Do you not remember the real reason why the API debacle happened in the first place was to prepare for this moment? It was always about easy access to training data, third party apps got caught in the crossfire.
That’s ignoring an awful lot of other considerations. Obviously Reddit hasn’t explained itself in a trustworthy way, but a common belief at the time is that it was to force people to use the official Reddit mobile app so they could be subject to advertising.
Boot licker.
At the time? It was spelled out in their announcement 10 months ago.
That spells out what they were doing. It doesn’t explain why they were doing it.