If they can’t tell the difference, then it at least makes sense for Reddit to want to invoke greater scrutiny and some level of ‘anti-bot’ testing. I agree the ID thing sounds like a slippery slope, but at least one can say it has some degree of defensible reason.
Altho personally, I’m thinking it would be better to require a bot account to pass certain dynamic tests that couldn’t be easily programmed against. That said, the rise of AI tools probably makes that something of an arms race…
I mean it that’s their reasoning for wanting your ID/to prove you’re a human life force.
If they can’t tell the difference, fuck 'em.
Obviously they should be able to, but if that’s their reasoning, you’re doing something right.
If they can’t tell the difference, then it at least makes sense for Reddit to want to invoke greater scrutiny and some level of ‘anti-bot’ testing. I agree the ID thing sounds like a slippery slope, but at least one can say it has some degree of defensible reason.
Altho personally, I’m thinking it would be better to require a bot account to pass certain dynamic tests that couldn’t be easily programmed against. That said, the rise of AI tools probably makes that something of an arms race…
Reddit itself deploys bot accounts to shill for paying advertisers. It’s in their TOS. This isn’t about bots, it’s about controlling the narrative.