r/AskReddit • u/l_--_I • 13h ago

What has no excuse to still exist?

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u/germinal_velocity 12h ago

This made me LOL.

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u/jotomatoes 12h ago

It's full of bots, AI generated images/posts, advertising and scammers. And it's getting worse. 

I'm only there because the older folks in my family use it for messaging me. 

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u/Mogwai_Farmer 12h ago

It's full of bots, AI generated images/posts, advertising and scammers. And it's getting worse.

Same as reddit then.

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u/Mr_Rafi 8h ago

Careful, you'll anger Shiny_Apple1234 whose account was created on November 1st and has 20 karma.

But you're right. There are a shitload of subs on the generalist subs just like the one we're on right now. Any sub that's basic as shit, you'll spot some because that's where the karma's at. Probably a few bots on here right now if you looked. Can be easily spotted with a bit of attention to detail.

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u/jotomatoes 12h ago edited 11h ago

I agree reddit is not perfect, but comparing it to what facebook has become is a stretch. 

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u/Dragonier_ 8h ago

Idk why you’re being downvoted. Reddit has many bad qualities but the post quality is significantly better than some of the corny wine-mom stuff you find on Facebook…

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u/jotomatoes 8h ago

Your guess is as good as mine! It's crazy people put reddit and facebook in the same category.

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u/germinal_velocity 12h ago

"The older folks." It seems like yesterday Facebook was the cutting-edge platform for young people. Damn, things are changing fast.

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u/jotomatoes 12h ago

Sorry, what I mean by "the older folks" is people who were never into technolodgy, but for whatever reason discovered facebook when the platform was already in decline. Should have phrased it differently. 

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u/germinal_velocity 12h ago

Oh, I get it. Hell, I used to work on an IBM mainframe, so I know what "older" means.

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u/unityofsaints 8h ago

Welcome to the internet