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Reddit has signed a deal that allows user data to be sold for training AI!

https://news.itsfoss.com/reddit-selling-user-content/


Uh-Oh! Reddit Agrees to Sell User Content to an AI Company!

Reddit, AI, data, money.
Ankush Das (It's FOSS News)
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Mangdries
Mangdries
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I was debating whether or not to delete my reddit account, that settles that debate
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RockManJoe
RockManJoe
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🤦 these large companies just looking for profit
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sslaia
sslaia
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Strange that Reddit didn't ask it's users about this.
Unknown parent

It's FOSS
It's FOSS
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@ksaj 🤣
@Karsten Johansson
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M4TTBIT :vim: :pico8:
M4TTBIT :vim: :pico8:
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Exactly why I cancelled my account the day after this announcement. Done.
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spikederailed
spikederailed
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this is exactly why they shut down api access. Companies were scraping reddit data(user generated content )for free, and they wanted to charge big for it.
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elgregor
elgregor
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So it's only about public posts? Then surely we all realize that every single thing we publicly post online will be scraped, archived, and analyzed mercilessly, whether on Reddit, on Mastodon or anywhere else.
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cameronbosch :endeavourOS:
cameronbosch :endeavourOS:
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Too late, I already canceled my premium Reddit subscription after the LAST controversy regarding 3rd party apps!

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