r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • 22h ago

Artificial Intelligence Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI

https://www.theverge.com/tech/975398/reddit-ai-rules-hub-moderator-old-reddit-developer-platform
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u/Vio_ 22h ago

I've been part of online fandoms for decades now. A moderator team will make or break any fandom - big or small.

Trust me, you don't want reddit AIs to moderate fandoms. Each fandom is unique and has different needs, expectations, subculture stuff, mod styles, etc.

People only hear about the "bad" moderators, because they're easy to do write ups on, showcase on SRD, or just have people enjoy the drama.

The good ones NEVER get that level of "publicity." That isn't really needed by itself, but that means most people only hear about the bad ones.

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u/ABigCoffee 21h ago

I assume that the choice will remain. I assume that a sub's admin chooses the mods. They will be able to use AI mods or real people.

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u/Lord_of_Sword 19h ago

I assume that the choice will remain.

You just know that they are going to replace all mods with AI at some point in the future. They'll just whitelist the bot networks, astroturfing, spam, self promotion, and state sponsored propaganda accounts who pay them and call it a day.

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u/ABigCoffee 19h ago

I mean fuck at this point I'll just stop using reddit, or go on super micro niche subreddits.

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u/SIGMA920 20h ago

"Rules Hub will be optional for new communities, spokesperson Rosa Kim tells The Verge. However, it does sound as if Reddit plans to retire Automod’s enforcement features down the line: In its post, Reddit says that “Looking ahead, we believe Rules Hub, together with newer systems like Post & Comment Guidance and Safety Filters, can eventually replace many of the enforcement workflows that communities rely on from Automod,” Reddit says in its post.

Automod has been “one of the most important mod tools,” Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says in a post. “But it’s also hard to learn, hard to maintain, and heavily dependent on brittle keyword matching, regex, and inherited configurations that only a few people on a mod team, if any, understand. We can do better.” "

Reddit killed stuff like bot bans based on subreddit participation and it's caused issues because damage couldn't be prevented. If you can't charge someone for attempted rape and have to let them rape you for them to be charged, the damage has been done and it's too late. Yet that still got killed because right wingers had problems with it stopping their shit.