Junk websites filled with AI-generated text are pulling in money from programmatic ads::More than 140 brands are advertising on low-quality content farm sites —and the problem is growing fast.

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[–] 11 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

What happened to reddit will probably happen on a much larger scale to the entire internet. First the enshittification destroys everything and then a new thing will emerge that much more resembles the old internet. Google's Web Environment Integrity could be the last nail in the coffin and speed up the change significantly.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The fediverse runs on the web, though.

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    There's absolutely nothing wrong with HTTP. Abandoning it would be like eliminating German because it was the language the Nazis used.

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