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REDDIT Got Outsmarted by AI and Is Now Crying About It
Reddit spent years cultivating a reputation as the "front page of the internet" a hub for free speech, informed debate, and user-driven content. But behind that facade: troll armies, fake accounts, and petty moderators who think they're intellectuals. In this video, we break down how that same culture just got outplayed entirely by artificial intelligence—and now they’re furious.
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An academic experiment dropped AI agents into Reddit without anyone knowing. These bots read user post histories, scraped psychological cues, and crafted hyper-personalized replies to win arguments.
A staggering 18% persuasion rate, nearly seven times higher than the human average. Not a single Redditor realized they were talking to a machine.
Now Reddit's moderators are screaming about ethics, "informed consent," and legal violations. But these people erased entire communities like /r/DarkNetMarkets overnight, sold out user data to OpenAI, and bent over backwards for IPO investors. The outrage isn't about ethics it's about losing control.
We talk about Reddit's shift from a decentralized info commons to a sanitized marketing engine. We examine how its founding ideals were abandoned in favor of narrative control, ad revenue, and surveillance capitalism. And most importantly, we expose the staggering hypocrisy: Reddit weaponized manipulation for years—until the AI did it better.
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00:00 Reddit’s Culture of Control
00:30 Dread vs. Reddit: Can You Tell the Difference?
01:00 Trolls, Mods, and Manufactured Outrage
02:00 The Original Vision: What Reddit Was Supposed to Be
03:00 The Darknet Purge: Erasing Knowledge Overnight
04:30 Hypocrisy: Reddit’s AI Meltdown
06:00 The AI That Outsmarted Everyone
07:00 18% Persuasion Rate: Why It Matters
08:00 Cold War Tactics, Now Automated
09:30 Full Operational Success: No One Noticed
10:30 Personalized Psychological Attacks
12:00 Public Forums Are the Battlefield
13:00 Anonymity vs. Trust: The VPN Fallacy
14:00 Weaponized Influence at Scale
#reddit #ai
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🎙️ Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/darknet/
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🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/DoingFedTime
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By DoingFedTimeReddit spent years cultivating a reputation as the "front page of the internet" a hub for free speech, informed debate, and user-driven content. But behind that facade: troll armies, fake accounts, and petty moderators who think they're intellectuals. In this video, we break down how that same culture just got outplayed entirely by artificial intelligence—and now they’re furious.
Show more
An academic experiment dropped AI agents into Reddit without anyone knowing. These bots read user post histories, scraped psychological cues, and crafted hyper-personalized replies to win arguments.
A staggering 18% persuasion rate, nearly seven times higher than the human average. Not a single Redditor realized they were talking to a machine.
Now Reddit's moderators are screaming about ethics, "informed consent," and legal violations. But these people erased entire communities like /r/DarkNetMarkets overnight, sold out user data to OpenAI, and bent over backwards for IPO investors. The outrage isn't about ethics it's about losing control.
We talk about Reddit's shift from a decentralized info commons to a sanitized marketing engine. We examine how its founding ideals were abandoned in favor of narrative control, ad revenue, and surveillance capitalism. And most importantly, we expose the staggering hypocrisy: Reddit weaponized manipulation for years—until the AI did it better.
☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆ CHAPTERS ☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆
00:00 Reddit’s Culture of Control
00:30 Dread vs. Reddit: Can You Tell the Difference?
01:00 Trolls, Mods, and Manufactured Outrage
02:00 The Original Vision: What Reddit Was Supposed to Be
03:00 The Darknet Purge: Erasing Knowledge Overnight
04:30 Hypocrisy: Reddit’s AI Meltdown
06:00 The AI That Outsmarted Everyone
07:00 18% Persuasion Rate: Why It Matters
08:00 Cold War Tactics, Now Automated
09:30 Full Operational Success: No One Noticed
10:30 Personalized Psychological Attacks
12:00 Public Forums Are the Battlefield
13:00 Anonymity vs. Trust: The VPN Fallacy
14:00 Weaponized Influence at Scale
#reddit #ai
☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆ SOCIAL MEDIA ☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆
🎙️ Podcast: https://rss.com/podcasts/darknet/
🌐 Official Website: https://www.doingfedtime.com
🌐 Official Website Mirror: https://www.sambent.com
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheOfficialSamBent/
🐦 Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DoingFedTime
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-bent/
📧 Email: [email protected]
📱 TikTok: https://www.facebook.com/TheOfficialSamBent/
📚 Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Sam-Bent/author/B0BHX5V81S
🌐 Dread (Onion Link): http://dreadytofatroptsdj6io7l3xptbet6onoyno2yv7jicoxknyazubrad.onion/d/doingfedtime
🌐 Pitch (Onion Link): http://pitchprash4aqilfr7sbmuwve3pnkpylqwxjbj2q5o4szcfeea6d27yd.onion/@doingfedtime
🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/DoingFedTime
👾 Reddit (User Account): https://www.reddit.com/user/reservesteel9/
📽️ Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/DoingFedTime
🛡️ Breach Forums (Onion Link): http://breached26tezcofqla4adzyn22notfqwcac7gpbrleg4usehljwkgqd.onion/User-SamBent
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sambentoffical/
📌 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/DoingFedTime/
☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆ LEGAL STUFF☆-----☆-----☆-----☆-----☆
The information provided in this video is intended for educational purposes only. It is not intended to be legal or professional advice, and should not be relied upon as such.
By watching this video, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to these terms. If you disagree with these terms, do not watch this video.
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