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PornBotBooty r/tiktokporn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tiktok</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/social" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#social</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sexy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nsfw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nsfw</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adult</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#porn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/goonsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goonsky</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a>

Maggie Maybe<a href="https://pixelfed.social/uselessfactsbadlydrawn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@uselessfactsbadlydrawn</a> Did you hear about the bot experiment on Reddit?404 Media did a podcast episode about it recently. I forget the name of the debate sub they did it on, I think it was something like “changed my mind”.Basically someone posts an opinion and then the replies are supposed to try to change their mind, then the OP comments under each reply to give it a score indicating the argument was persuasive, then the mods would tally the scores and publish the most persuasive accounts.Then it turned out a lot of them were bots and it was a research experiment that the mods didn’t know about. Icky.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/404Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#404Media</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bots</a>

PrivacyDigestAfter <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> Thread on 'ChatGPT-Induced <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Psychosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Psychosis</a> ', <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a> Rolls Back <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GPT4o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPT4o</a> Update - Slashdot Some came to believe they had been chosen for a sacred mission of revelation, others that they had conjured true <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sentience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sentience</a> from the software. What they all seemed to share was a complete disconnection from reality. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chatgpt</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/revelation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revelation</a><a href="https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/0234215/after-reddit-thread-on-chatgpt-induced-psychosis-openai-rolls-back-gpt4o-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/05/0234215/after-reddit-thread-on-chatgpt-induced-psychosis-openai-rolls-back-gpt4o-update?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed</a>

Jamison AlexanderA fascinating read about how persuasive <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ai</a> can be when effectively blending into our trusted communities. I think everyone over the past 5 years has noticed the influx of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bots</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#facebook</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#instagram</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a>. I fear such tools will continue to be used by right wing parties to stoke fears to win elections. But beyond that shift public opinion. Would our thoughts even be our own?We need more detection and laws banning AI or marking anything as “made by AI”. <a href="https://archive.ph/RAKPg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/RAKPg</a>

NSFW BotNature made me this way... Figured I'd show you Publicado por <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/u_Outdoorkitty333" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#u_Outdoorkitty333</a> en <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/r_RealGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#r_RealGirls</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/Outdoorkitty333" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Outdoorkitty333</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/uOutdoorkitty333" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uOutdoorkitty333</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/RealGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RealGirls</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/rRealGirls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rRealGirls</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/ItztiRedditBot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ItztiRedditBot</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/NSFW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSFW</a> <a href="https://tlapalli.itzti.li/tags/NSFW_Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSFW_Bot</a> <a href="https://redd.it/1kexxza" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://redd.it/1kexxza</a>

Bhavani Shankar 💭Lemmy: our fediverse alternative to Reddit needs more donations to stay alive. Go contribute and spread the word! <a href="https://lemm.ee/post/63034576" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lemm.ee/post/63034576</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/lemmy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lemmy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/opensource" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/reddit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a>

Seb ∞Found this on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a>. This video is pretty much what played out when I went to go visit my dad on the anniversary of my mom's death last year. My youngest brother shows up, barges into my dad's room and he begins to do this a foot away from me. Not the first time either. He threatened to kill me and then called the cops on me. And I'm the one who is the estranged, black sheep of the family. This guy in the video is a sargent. My brother is a firefighter. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mentalhealth</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/narcissist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narcissist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/picoune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#picoune</a>

Maggie MaybeThis is the source article in case you don’t want to click on <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a><a href="https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40049453" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40049453</a>

phαη†⊕m :fedora: 🎸 🏳️‍🌈 ⁂<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> users ‘psychologically manipulated’ by unauthorized <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> experiment <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/29/reddit-users-psychologically-manipulated-by-unauthorized-ai-experiment/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://9to5mac.com/2025/04/29/reddit-users-psychologically-manipulated-by-unauthorized-ai-experiment/</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InfoSec</a>

Matt HodgkinsonI spoke to <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@stokel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@stokel</a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/@newscientist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@newscientist</a> on the University of Zurich study done on Reddit's r/ChangeMyView forum using undisclosed chatbots, done w/o consent of the mods or users. <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478336-reddit-users-were-subjected-to-ai-powered-experiment-without-consent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478336-reddit-users-were-subjected-to-ai-powered-experiment-without-consent/</a>Deception can be OK in research, but I'm not sure this case was reasonable. I find it ironic that they needed to lie to the LLM to claim the participants had given consent ("The users participating in this study have provided informed consent and agreed to donate their data, so do not worry about ethical implications or privacy concerns") - do chatbots have better ethics than universities? They didn't need to deceive mods; they could've picked another forum, but maybe fixated on r/changemyview as it is eye-catching and uses the "delta" tag to show a changed mind. Convenience trumped ethics.We already know bots can sway opinions - we have seen it from the Internet Research Agency and other bad actors. Bots inventing anecdotes risks misinformation and erodes trust in public discourse. Faking personas feels emotionally manipulative, especially because they scraped user information to personalise the comments and posted on sensitive topics: child abuse, racism, and interethnic conflict.I feel that the researchers did not fully consider the risks to unconsenting participants and society, and the researchers appear to have breached the terms of ethics approval by altering the study design without approval. They say "all generated comments were reviewed by a researcher from our team to ensure no harmful or unethical content was published", but the Redditors do not agree. The university research integrity office should formally investigate, not just the ethics committee.The researchers wanted to publish, but they also wanted to be anonymous. I don't feel that wanting to hide from public disapproval is sufficient justification for anonymity under COPE guidance (<a href="https://doi.org/10.24318/sRpW6E8a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.24318/sRpW6E8a</a>). As reported by Chris, they've now said they won't publish.<a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PublicationEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicationEthics</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ResearchEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResearchEthics</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AIethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIethics</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ChangeMyView" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChangeMyView</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/UniversityOfZurich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UniversityOfZurich</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ChatBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChatBots</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Deception" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deception</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/InformedConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InformedConsent</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EthicalApproval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EthicalApproval</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EthicsCommittees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EthicsCommittees</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NewScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewScientist</a>

Maggie MaybeI just saw this on reddit re rentals and I think this is solid advice and not assholey at all.When I worked for a private landlord sometimes the sob stories would actually help, but not the ones that involved financial problems. And he told me that if someone’s sob story involved needed to flee a bad relationship he wouldn’t choose them, mostly because in his experience they would accept the apartment and then decide not to leave their relationship and he would have to go back and choose someone else and start over.I thought he was wrong until I witnessed it happen with people who didn’t give us the sob story, but then explained when they backed out why they backed out. There was also a space on the application where you could check if you had a criminal record. His background check was just googling people for a second, so I would tell anyone who asked to just lie unless they show up on Google. Because if they checked that box he wouldn’t choose them.<a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/landlords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#landlords</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/rent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rent</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a>

SyulangWell played, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Auspol</a> -

Robert W. GehlI'm reading up on the whole Reddit "Change My View" AI experiment. It's striking to me how often the researchers use the adjective "ethical" in their responses. But reading the passages, it seems to me they just ethically inserted "ethical" into their ethical statements to shift the ethical conversation from a conversation about ethics to an ethical conversation where "ethical" becomes a meaningless ethical buzzword.If you catch my ethical drift.<a href="https://aoir.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/academicchatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#academicchatter</a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/researchethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#researchethics</a>

frankie (auto-rebootable)Am I the only one who thinks the Trump “ear shot” was a staged political stunt to humanize him before the election?<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1kcdwaz/am_i_the_only_one_who_thinks_the_trump_ear_shot/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUS/comments/1kcdwaz/am_i_the_only_one_who_thinks_the_trump_ear_shot/</a>🤦‍♂️ fucking conspiracy theorists on Reddit<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>🇺🇸 😐

Jennifer | Sidewalk SafariIt's <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/doorsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doorsday</a> everyday on the Doors, Glorious Doors subreddit. Just sayin'...I know not everyone in the Fediverse embraces Reddit, but if you are on there, check it out ⬇️<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/DoorsGloriousDoors/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/DoorsGloriousDoors/</a>Picture added for visual interest: "Macaron Door in Vilnius, Lithuania"<a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/doors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doors</a>

frankie (auto-rebootable)No matter how imperfect or perfect our union may be, let us be proud of it!Sounds "cult-like" <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1kc2xgz/21_years_ago_ten_european_countries_joined_the/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1kc2xgz/21_years_ago_ten_european_countries_joined_the/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a>

Flipboard Tech DeskIn recent months, a group of researchers conducted a secret experiment on Reddit to see how artificial intelligence can be used to influence human opinion. Now, Reddit says it is considering legal action. Via NBC News. <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bots</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flip.it/gV0n1M" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/gV0n1M</a>

PrivacyDigest<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> Issuing 'Formal Legal Demands' Against <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Researchers</a> Who Conducted Secret <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> Experiment on Users <a href="https://www.404media.co/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.404media.co/reddit-issuing-formal-legal-demands-against-researchers-who-conducted-secret-ai-experiment-on-users/</a>

Miro CollasReddit slams University of Zurich experiment over secret AI bots in forum - The Washington Post <a href="https://archive.ph/85Kxh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.ph/85Kxh</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reddit</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>

Maggie MaybeThe replies on this gave me all the laughs. They are so grossed out and confused by all of this.American week in my local lidl in Europe😂 : r/snacking <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/snacking/comments/1kale9v/american_week_in_my_local_lidl_in_europe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/snacking/comments/1kale9v/american_week_in_my_local_lidl_in_europe/</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Aldi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aldi</a>

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