Comment Re:This sort of thing is always poop (Score 1) 38
The core idea is a strong point Reddit has been known for, even among people who don't directly use it - Real humans have real discussions about products. Problem, is, advertisers do not want real humans having real discussions, they want 100% astroturf - Which is exactly what Reddit is not known for. I therefore see this going three possible ways - One, they intentionally bias the AI toward only positive reviews; two, this quietly dies a few months from now; or three, Reddit starts aggressively banning the few human users remaining for being advertiser-hostile. All of which make this service useless at best, or more likely this will be just one more minor degradation of everything that once made Reddit great. tl;dr: I actually don't hate the idea, but I'm completely confident the implementation will be a disaster from every possible angle.
Great points. Reading Reddit user comments I helpful because you can distinguish what appears to be real and random rants/ non-problems such as I didn't like that it didn't do x even if it didn't say it did... stuff. Pulling out real value from the junk will be a challenge.
Comment Re:Data poisoning (Score 2) 38
The overwhelming majority of conversations on Reddit are now posted by AI specifically to generate good reviews. This system is doomed to fail as soon as people figure out it cannot be trusted.
Get the popcorn for the fight between bot/paid shill reviewers and people with a grudge against a company or trolls doing it for fun.
Comment Re:Someone (Score 2) 97
Mostly, but Elvis didn't dodge the draft.
Comment Re:Grow A Pair (Score 1) 185
"Leftists"
Spotted the Russian shill. What's it like sucking Putin's cock?
Comment Re:Grow A Pair (Score 2) 185
" The US has backed Iran into a corner"
LOLno. Iran did so much damage the whole world is suffering on petroleum prices right now, and Iran knows what position it holds.
The US is backed into a corner and Trump is about to get his ass reamed by the rest of the fucking planet.
Comment Re:Spy vs. Spy (Score 1) 50
Does that include the Chinese spy he was boinking?
Comment Someone (Score 5, Funny) 97
Will someone please give Trump a Junior G-man badge and a toy police car to keep him out from underfoot until nap time?
Comment Re:Fraud (Score 2) 69
This guy spent 3 years in jail for VAT fraud when he inflated the values of invoices for his movies. Why would anyone trust him enough to work with him?
Yea. Anyone even vaguely associated with Hollywood knows there are perfectly legal ways to make a fortune off of someone else's money.
Comment Don't fuck with the classics (Score 1) 69
Comment Re:Very cool (Score 1) 10
Go to the Mojave instead. Lots of time in the year right now where it won't absolutely roast you alive and camping is fairly pleasant (if a bit chilly at night.)
Comment Re:okay (Score 1) 74
Plotters could handle it back then.
Comment Re:Confused To See This Here (Score 1) 90
"I don't really understand why this is a Slashdot story"
A DIGITAL BANK (aka TECHNOLOGY) isn't a Slashdot story?
Son where the fuck have you been?
Comment Investigating? (Score 1, Insightful) 79
" Investigations are under way into how the attack was carried out, "
Remotely, obviously. Get your fucking systems off the internet and quit being lazy cheap-ass humans.
Comment Re:Trump is obviously a compromised asset... (Score 1) 715
...for the Democrats.
If he hadn't campaigned so hard for Republicans... if he hadn't told voters to treat the election like he was on the ballot... many of those Republicans might have won re-election.
But we Democrats also need to remember: Trump will not (I hope) be on the ballot in 2028. If we run Congress like people voted for us instead of against Trump, we may rediscover that, as in 2024, the voters are willing to vote against us, too. Heck, we may even rediscover that with the same Presidential nominee...
That's a key point - D's need to get stuff done; even if it means passing legislation that Trump vetos and forcing override votes. I suspect there will be enough R's that see the handwriting on the wall and want to survive 2028 and to do that they need to work with D's and make things better. Will there be 59/6 or so to do that?