Some moderators say generative AI helps people spam unwanted content on a subreddit, including posts that are irrelevant to the subreddit and posts that attack users. “[Generative AI] content is almost entirely posted for purely self promotional/monetary reasons, and we as mods on Reddit are constantly dealing with abusive users just spamming their content without … Read more
Reddit is planning to introduce a paywall this year, CEO Steve Huffman said during a videotaped Ask Me Anything (AMA) session on Thursday. Huffman previously showed interest in potentially introducing a new type of subreddit with “exclusive content or private areas” that Reddit users would pay to access. When asked this week about plans for … Read more
Nearly 1,000 fake Reddit and WeTransfer pages are being used to spread Lumma Stealer malware, a Sekoia.io researcher reported this week. The Sekoia lead cybercrime analyst, who goes by crep1x, posted screenshots of the spoofed Reddit and WeTransfer pages on X Monday, and also shared a full list of the phishing domains. The web pages, … Read more
