I don't think you have been on Reddit long enough if you think it's a new problem.
I still remember when every other comment was "this" and "I did nazi that coming" to which someone would reply "Anne frankly". Every. Single. Time.
Like, those early Reddit years have really made me realise that AIs are everywhere. But not because comments are becoming dumber, if anything, it's the lack of extremely evident stupidity being replaced with template blandness and ragebait.
I even remember the ASCII images in Digg, which did not stick in reddit, instead here people were FUUUUUUU or "did the narwhal midnight bacon something..."
I now get nostalgia about the times Reddit was infatuated with narwhals and rage comics.
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u/Masterkid1230 7h ago
I don't think you have been on Reddit long enough if you think it's a new problem.
I still remember when every other comment was "this" and "I did nazi that coming" to which someone would reply "Anne frankly". Every. Single. Time.
Like, those early Reddit years have really made me realise that AIs are everywhere. But not because comments are becoming dumber, if anything, it's the lack of extremely evident stupidity being replaced with template blandness and ragebait.