It’s another move to protect against AI scraping.
  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    49·
    7 days ago

    It’s another move to protect against AI scraping that isn’t paying them for access.

    • sqgl@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Weren’t Reddit comparing a couple of years ago that too many AI bots crawls were stressing their servers.

      Doesn’t the internet archive relieve that stress?

  • bigbabybilly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    6 days ago

    That place is becoming more and more of a shithole. Bots, Ads, trolls, garbage mods… deleted the app last month.

    • espentan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 days ago

      I quit reddit, cold turkey, the day they shut off free API access for 3rd parties. Except for a couple of fairly niche subs I haven’t missed it at all.

  • buddascrayon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    Not that reddit isn’t hot garbage right now, and has been for a while actually, but there’s a lot of people here who have glazed over the reason why reddit instituted this policy.

    AI companies are scraping the Wayback Machine. This is something that should concern all of us.

  • DFX4509B@lemmy.orgEnglish
    44·
    7 days ago

    Just more vindication for my ditching that trash heap of a platform. YT is probably going to be the next platform I ditch as they’re going full Reddit now.

    It’s a matter of time before third-party YT front-ends start getting throttled or outright blocked like third-party Reddit front-ends.

    • Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      7·
      7 days ago

      YouTube’s already throttling users in their mobile site. They have these massive channel cards in their feeds and the video titles/thumbnails disappear after a few offerings, leaving you with the ability to blindly click on a video.

      • DFX4509B@lemmy.orgEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        I’ve declared my YT channel to be dormant starting on the 13th due to this AI age-gating crap.

  • Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    Reddit warned my account ( first warn in 10 years ) and deleted the comment when I told a American he can strike peacefully to show the government they are against it.

    I got a warn for recommending violence by an ai , the human that checked it agreed and didn’t remove the warn haha.

    Reddit is just feared that their censorship goes public.

  • phantomwise@lemmy.mlEnglish
    22·
    6 days ago

    Nice of them to protect their (users’) content from AI scrapping. So that they can charge AI companies for it instead.

    • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      7·
      6 days ago

      They aren’t doing that. They are protecting content from being scraped for free. Reddit is perfectly happy to charge for AI access to user-generated content.

      • ebolapie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        6 days ago

        No, that’s not what’s happening. They’re preventing scrapers from accessing the content at no charge. They’re totally willing to make deals for access to their content in exchange for money.

        • GunValkyrie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          6 days ago

          Almost, but they are really making it so they can charge ai companies for user data and not allow scrappers to get the data for free.

  • HexesofVexes@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    7 days ago

    Oh no, someone might not be paying them for their user generated content (!)

    To be fair, it’s probably best that history forgets this period of the web…

  • MehBlah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    6 days ago

    When reddit has mutated a few more times. They start erasing stuff themselves. It will be lost to time and that fills me with hope.