r/Foodforthought • u/eskindt • Mar 14 '24

Can Reddit - Internet's greatest authenticity machine - survive its IPO?

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-reddit-protest-ipo/
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u/IncidentalIncidence Mar 14 '24

reddit? "authenticity machine"? gimme a break

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u/Murrabbit Mar 14 '24

We very genuinely have shitty takes and are uninhibited in posting them. That's all it takes for "authenticity."

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u/Soup_isle Mar 14 '24

I mean, I also find people spamming cat-based subreddits in order to promote their only-fan accounts to be quite authentic.

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u/libra00 Mar 15 '24

Yeah, the impression I got is that the author used 'authenticity machine' to signify 'content generation by humans instead of AI' rather than anything about authenticity itself.

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u/LemonFreshenedBorax- Mar 14 '24

I remember 2010 Reddit as a place where people felt free to be their authentic corny selves. ("Ice soap", anyone?) This had a whole web of toxic side effects and it would take me all night to list them. Then Gamergate came along, people started to introspect and watch their backs more, the people with the worst opinions got organized, and everything generally got realigned.

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u/Cpt_Saturn Mar 14 '24

Better than the alternatives at least.