OK but seriously, weren't they already using AI for modding for quite a while?
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2026
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You have to pay dollerydoos for AI, moderators moderate for free
100%, that's why people are always banned completely randomly. This is just press to convince people to buy more stonks.
Ewww
Can it actually be worse than the human mods? They've set the bar pretty low.
Human mods will typically actually tell you why you were banned, and might even entertain a conversation about it.
These days most platforms just run it through the AI and it will just ban people completely randomly. If there even is a method to protest it is always rejected.
The AI is most likely trained on the human mods.
Time for bot on bot violence in the Reddit comments.
You make a strong argument. Particularly given at least half the posters are also AI or bots
AI moderating AI advertizing to AI talking to AI.
Trying to get AI to invest in AI
Mom, can we have Moltbook?
Mom: we have Moltbook at home
Moot book at home: reddit.com
Fuck reddit.
Fuck spez.
Reddit's main strategy now seems to be injecting AI into everything and hoping investors go "wow!!!".
Not a bad idea... except they already IPOd and you inject AI into everything to wow angel investors, retail investors are less susceptible to this particular type of bullshit and index funds (reddit on russell 1000) are immune altogether. I suppose there are still wall street wealth manager types who might fall for it while playing with someone else's money
Programs moderating programs
Every once in a while I go back to Reddit. I just had my third account permabanned yesterday actually because it seems I have too strong options on what we should do with ICE.
But I digress. Seeing this is a good reminder why I need to stay TF away from that shitshow platform. Uninstalled … again
When moderation has an agenda a site becomes a propaganda machine.
Pretty soon, humans won't have to run, or use, Reddit at all. Imagine the efficiency!
Honestly AI has been used for moderation for decades. The newer models will be quite effective. It could be very useful for limiting lower effort spam. Sure dedicated spammers will figure it out and get by it but as the models get better that will get harder.
Of course like every use of probabilistic technology like AI it should still go to human review. We shouldn't be shadowbanning people because computer said no. But holding suspicious posts in a review queue for the moderators seems quite reasonable (much like they already do with their current systems).
Honestly this sounds more like an investor update showing how innovative we are using modern technology and how it is going to really improve the platform and stonks will go up up up than any meaningful change to their current moderation systems.
Honestly it's preferable to human Reddit mods most of the time.
It's likely trained on them.
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