#stevehuffman — Public Fediverse posts
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Reddit's latest move: an AI-powered "Rules Hub" to assist moderators. But don't be fooled by the pitch. This deep dive explains why this LLM-driven system is poised to increase mod workload, generate false positives, and further alienate the community. It's automation where it doesn't belong.
#technology #reddit #stevehuffman
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Search Engine Journal: Reddit CEO: LLMs ‘Would Not Exist’ Without Reddit Data. “Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said large language models ‘would not exist as we know them’ without Reddit’s content. He called the platform’s user-generated data ‘modern oil’ for AI. Huffman made the comments during an interview at Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies Summit.”
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#Reddit CEO #SteveHuffman believes the company is a key player in the #AI boom due to its vast archive of #usergenerated @conversations, which are valuable for #AIsystems. Reddit’s lightweight model, with minimal capital expenditures, allows it to benefit from the AI boom without the massive investments required by competitors. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/30/reddits-ceo-fuel-artificial-intelligence.html?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/26/reddit-human-verification-bot-detection-passkeys-biometrics-xcxwbn/
Reddit to Require Human Verification for Suspect Accounts
#AI #Reddit #SocialMedia #Biometrics #Cybersecurity #Bots #AIContent #AIAgents #Spam #Automation #ContentModeration #SteveHuffman #Passkeys
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Reddit’s Cofounder And CEO Steve Huffman Is Now A Billionaire
Strong ad sales have propelled Steve Huffman into the billionaire ranks. Now he’s charting a new course, aiming…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AI #alexisohanian #billionaire #Google #huffman #Latvia #LV #OpenAI #Reddit #SocialMedia #stevehuffman #subreddit
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Reddit Pivots to Search Engine, Capitalizing on 5X Growth of AI Answers Tool
#AI #Reddit #AISearch #SearchEngines #TechNews #DataMonetization #SteveHuffman
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Reddit sells training data to unnamed AI company ahead of IPO - Enlarge (credit: Reddit)
On Friday, Bloomberg reported that Re... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2004431 #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #stablediffusion #imagesynthesis #textsynthesis #axelspringer #stevehuffman #bloomberg #chatgpt #chatgtp #biz #openai #reddit #ai
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Reddit: Abschied von John Oliver, letzte Bastionen des Protests geben auf
Seit Wochen war es um den großen Protest auf Reddit ruhig geworden, jetzt endet auch der letzte sichtbare Widerstand. Damit hat sich Reddit durchgesetzt.
#Aggregatoren #Blackout #DrittanbieterApps #Proteste #Reddit #SteveHuffman
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CW: NSFW
Reddit expanded the r/Place canvas, and users immediately wrote messages cursing the CEO - F*ck Huffman, he’s a twat. #Reddit #SteveHuffman #SocialMedia https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/21/23803112/reddit-r-place-canvas-expand-protest-messages-cursing-ceo
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Reddit-Proteste: Kein Ende des Konflikts in Sicht (Update 3) https://www.computerbase.de/2023-06/reddit-proteste-kein-ende-des-konflikts-in-sicht/#update-2023-07-01T18:10 #Reddit #API #SteveHuffman
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Well, #Reddit, we've had some good times, but I cannot stand #SteveHuffman anymore. Maybe #Lemmy is ready for the big-time now. Either way, gonna give it a shot.
My sympathies to the mods and devs that have put in so many hours of hard work.
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Reddit-Proteste: Kein Ende des Konflikts in Sicht (Update 2) https://www.computerbase.de/2023-06/reddit-proteste-kein-ende-des-konflikts-in-sicht/#update-2023-06-21T18:49 #Reddit #API #SteveHuffman
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Steve Huffman: "Apollo threatened us, said they'll 'make it easy' if Reddit gave them $10 million. This guy behind the scenes is coercing us. He's threatening us."
Luckily, Apollo developer Christian Selig had proof that Huffman lied.
While the media coverage (and many written subreddit positions) focus on the API changes, it's the justified anger at Huffman's dishonesty that fuels many of the redditor protests.
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While I disagree with u/spez's actions, I understand his perspective. Reddit's most valuable asset is its curated text data for training Large Language Models like ChatGPT. Closing down the API protects that asset. He's likely betting that subreddit moderation will be solved with LLMs so the mods that generated that data are of little concern going forward. There will be only one chance to monetize this data asset.
The reason I disagree with u/spez's actions is because I don't believe this asset belongs to him. I'm sure he's protected from a legal perspective but from a philosophical perspective, when a user writes an idea on an online forum, they don't forfeit ownership of that idea. People who contributed to Reddit even 12 months ago had no idea their thoughts will be monetized and consumed by LLMs. We need laws to protect people's data and to democratize data assets.
I also wish u/spez would just be honest about what he's doing. Telling possibly career ending lies about developers and disregarding the mods that made Reddit is inexcusable. It's clear that Reddit has succeeded despite u/spez's leadership.
#Reddit #RedditBlackout #RedditMigration #Spez #Huffman #SteveHuffman #LargeLanguageModels #LLM #LLMs
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Reddit-Proteste: Kein Ende des Konflikts in Sicht (Update 1) https://www.computerbase.de/2023-06/reddit-proteste-kein-ende-des-konflikts-in-sicht/#update-2023-06-18T09:21 #Reddit #API #SteveHuffman
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Reddit Proteste: Kein Ende des Konflikts in Sicht https://www.computerbase.de/2023-06/reddit-proteste-kein-ende-des-konflikts-in-sicht/ #Reddit #API #SteveHuffman
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"You either die a hero, or live long enough to see yourself become the villain" - Harvey Dent
It seems #SteveHuffman has made his choice in regards to that quote.
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@demvoter #SteveHuffman is making a lot of sudden and panicky-looking decisions lately. I'm guessing it's coke
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I owe #SteveHuffman an apology. I have written that he has bad judgement. He does not. He has LOUSY judgement.
Admiring the tactics of a demonstrated incompetent.
Post-Musk Twitter just had to close it Colorado office for not paying the rent for the last 3 months.
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In other news I’m done following #reddit its dead to me with the news of #spez trippling down. #stevehuffman did me a service to open to real communities and take back my data and privacy. Place importance back on #human #community.
I do feel bad for the mods, and hope the good ones come over to the #fediverse continuing the #redditblackout and help us build something better
