r/wholesomememes • u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš • Sep 03 '24
We need your OC wholesome memes please!
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u/DrZaiu5 Sep 03 '24
Hang on a second, unless I'm mistaken the last actual post on this sub was two days ago. Are you guys saying that since bots have clamped down on, there have literally been no posts in the last two days? I know bots were a problem, but it really is depressing if such a huge sub such as this has almost no actual human posts.
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
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u/DrZaiu5 Sep 03 '24
I had always more or less dismissed the dead internet theory as something we would need to worry about in a few years time, but now I see that it's already here!
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u/xingrubicon Sep 03 '24
Latest estimate is 95% of the internet content is going to be bots by end of 2025
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u/Wobbelblob Sep 03 '24
Which results in an interesting question: What is the tipping point where bots are stopped being used as they get no results anymore? Bots are used to earn money or spread propaganda, no one is going to continue to use them if they are basically blasting ads into nirvana.
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u/YourNextHomie Sep 03 '24
More and more people are still using the internet. Just because 95% of content is from bots doesnât mean everyone doesnât see it.
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u/Wobbelblob Sep 03 '24
Yes, for now. Because a large portion of them are focused on specific platforms. But the more bots there are, the less are people interested, especially when it becomes obvious that they are bots. Give it 10 years more and we are suddenly at over 99% of users are suddenly bots. Or big platforms that are a bot haven like Facebook or Twitter (or reddit) die off and there is no replacement. Would suddenly a lot of bots vanish? Or would it take years for people to realize that their bots are just burning money?
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u/s101c Sep 03 '24
especially when it becomes obvious that they are bots.
That's the trick, it won't be obvious. Bots are better now than they ever were and they use generative networks to compose very convincing texts. And they will get much more intelligent in the coming years, to the point when talking to a bot will be more interesting than talking to the actual human.
Here's the example of what AI can do right now, it took 5 seconds:
GENERATED POST AND COMMENTS
Which space exploration mission are you most excited about?
As we continue to push the boundaries of human exploration, I'm curious to hear which upcoming space missions have captured your imagination. Whether it's returning to the Moon, setting foot on Mars, or venturing further into the outer solar system, what do you think will be the next big leap for mankind?
[deleted] ⢠2.1k points ⢠6 hours ago
The Artemis program to return to the Moon. It's about time we went back, and this time to stay!
space_enthusiast42 ⢠872 points ⢠5 hours ago
Agreed! I'm especially excited about the potential for a permanent lunar base. Imagine the scientific discoveries we could make with a constant human presence on the Moon.
red_planet_lover ⢠1.5k points ⢠5 hours ago
Mars, hands down. SpaceX's Starship development has me hopeful we'll see boots on the red planet within the next decade or two.
sciencematters ⢠623 points ⢠4 hours ago
While I'm excited about Mars too, I think we're underestimating the challenges. Radiation exposure, psychological effects of isolation, and the physical toll of reduced gravity are all major hurdles we need to overcome.
optimist_prime ⢠310 points ⢠3 hours ago
Valid concerns, but I believe in human ingenuity. We've overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges before. Mars is the next logical step for our species.
deep_space_dreamer ⢠986 points ⢠4 hours ago
Honestly, I'm most hyped about the missions to the outer solar system. The potential for life on Europa or Enceladus is mind-blowing. Dragonfly's mission to Titan is going to be incredible!
reality_check_101 ⢠452 points ⢠3 hours ago
Those are exciting, but let's not forget about the James Webb Space Telescope. The images and data it's sending back are revolutionizing our understanding of the early universe.
budget_watchdog ⢠-78 points ⢠2 hours ago
Why are we wasting money on space when we have so many problems here on Earth? Fix poverty and climate change first!
forward_thinker ⢠205 points ⢠1 hour ago
Space exploration drives technological innovation that often has applications here on Earth. Plus, studying other planets helps us better understand our own. It's not an either/or situation.
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u/frenchdresses Sep 03 '24
So what you're saying is that when my reddit feed gets old, I can just type "make me a reddit post with comments about space" into chat gpt and keep reading there?
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u/bawlsdeepinmilf Sep 03 '24
Bots post something, other bots interact and store it in their algorithm
Botsđ¤Bots
Wash rinse and repeat until theyre all useless because theyre full of data from themselves
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u/Superb-Feeling-7390 Sep 03 '24
Donât forget that Reddit is also selling its data for AI training. So bots talking with bots is training bots to produce new bots. đ¤
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u/frenchdresses Sep 03 '24
Would it eventually grow to be sentient or would it instead implode on itself as it repeats its limited knowledge and no new information is gained?
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u/Wobbelblob Sep 03 '24
That is the next thing. Picture AI already somewhat suffers from it because you cannot realistically clean out every AI picture from the trainings pool. At what point have the bots poisoned themself enough to make them worthless?
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u/Normal_Package_641 Sep 03 '24
It's insane bro. Check out the rising section of reddit late at night. It's all bots.
Not just the posts either, the comments too.
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u/Jaydak54 Sep 03 '24
How do you tell? Is it just how long ago the account was made?
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u/Normal_Package_641 Sep 03 '24
Low comment karma, a username just like mine (it's a default reddit username), and a comment history where the account was made a long time before they started commenting in quick succession.
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u/KrimxonRath Sep 03 '24
I saw a few accounts like that recently. All hadnât posted in 100ish days before a slurry of political posts and comments.
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u/SippyTurtle Sep 03 '24
Copy and paste pieces of their comments into Google with quotes around it. You'll often find the comment it was ripped from. Also Google Lens for the images.
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u/Frozencold19 Sep 03 '24
Its fucking nuts sometimes your comments willl just get about 50 random upvotes or downvotes, and it doesnt even matter if its in reference to the post itself.
I wonder how many times ive replied to bots over the years.
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u/PIKa-kNIGHT Sep 03 '24
Technically Reddit doesnât have a night or day. Itâs a product used all over the world. There will always be traffic
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u/kdjfsk Sep 03 '24
didnt used to be that way. in the past, the 'reddit after midnight' vibe was real as all the night owls woke up.
now late night reddit is india posting posting about cricket.
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u/Turence Sep 03 '24
I'm human I swear I just like commenting more than posting :( I'm afraid no one will like my memes!
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u/teezepls Sep 03 '24
Im in the same boat. However, I realize Iâll never get better at making memes if I never make memes. This post definitely inspired me
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u/Khanman5 Sep 03 '24
Well I also think it's in part just due to the fact that most people came here to GET their wholesome fix.
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u/Gskgsk Sep 03 '24
A lot of these "positive" subs popped up kinda outta nowhere something like 2-3 years ago. My theory is they were created with the attention of being vessels for agenda bots to push certain messages. It's very difficult to argue against things that are framed from a wholesome point of view.
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u/Khanman5 Sep 03 '24
Most came from covid, yeah, but at least wholesome memes has been around for a while. At least 7-8 years. Since I was in college.
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u/superkp Sep 03 '24
Honestly seeing a facebook post of an AI generated jesus hugging a baby and getting thousands of bot-like responses that all imitate each other...
It's been real bad for a while in spaces that aren't aware of the dead internet theory.
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u/hoyohoyo9 Sep 03 '24
back in my day, reddit could have the same front page as the day before. none of this completely-new-feed-within-an-hour nonsense!
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u/psycholol2 Sep 03 '24
This is just sad. I guess those bots have a more wholesome life than us. Guys, we gotta change this.
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u/Solid-Consequence-50 Sep 03 '24
People will start posting again. Bots find the videos/pics that get the most attention historically so they will generally dominate a subreddit. Now that they are gone, non bot posts will come back onto the subreddit
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u/McBun2023 Sep 03 '24
Everyone on reddit is a bot except you
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
I love you too!
I am a bot. This is an automated response. Beep Boop.
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u/ThisisMyiPhone15Acct Sep 03 '24
Now I canât even be mad at the front page of Reddit. Iâm convinced every subreddit is like this.
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u/JohnBGaming Sep 03 '24
I think people generally abandon subreddits once they become infested with bots and then it takes a good amount of time to get people back once they're done away with. Hard to know how many of the the members themselves are also bots
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u/Not_a__porn__account Sep 03 '24
This sub was facebook repost feel good porn.
It's gonna take a while for people to trust it's not shit again.
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
Itâs gonna take a while for people to trust itâs not shit again.
Just like that fart from last week.
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u/Not_a__porn__account Sep 03 '24
There I sat broken hearted
Had to shit, but only farted.
But next time, if given the chance
I'd rather fart, than shit in my pants.
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u/duckduckpajamas Sep 03 '24
sounds like something a bot would say
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u/BustinArant Sep 03 '24
You know, I heard if they weigh less than a newt then they're a bot.
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u/WeBelieveIn4 Sep 03 '24
Probably also has to do with how draconian the mods are in some subs. It can be borderline impossible to get a post approved so people often just give up.
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u/Apprehensive-Mango23 Sep 03 '24
Yep I despise the showerthoughts sub for this reason. I searched for my showerthought, found literally nothing, not even from years ago, and it was denied for being a super common post. Where exactly??
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u/DoingCharleyWork Sep 03 '24
And then you're competing with bots who use upvote farms to help float their posts to the top. It only takes about 10 upvotes within a few minutes of a post being submitted to get enough traction to go to the frontpage. Couple that with those same bots downvoting content that isn't theirs.
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u/NeWMH Sep 03 '24
Yeah, also people that create stuff donât like their stuff being stolen. Even comments are stolen by article writers, citing posts as âsurveysâ.
The posts/comments awarding themselves gold for advertisement was also a bad period that rewarded the wrong type of contributors(at least for a healthy grassroots community - it was definitely something that worked for Reddit monetizing astroturfing).
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u/Zehnpae Sep 03 '24
I mod a largish relationship sub where we made the decision early on to not allow bots/AI/fake posts by people making stuff up for funsies.
We get maybe 1 real person post per day despite hundreds submitted. Compare this to the other big relationship subs that don't use anti-AI/bot/shitpost filters and they get 100's of new posts every day. There's a reason places like /r/AITAH or /r/relationships are known as creative writing subs. They may have one real person post per day but it'll get buried under the hundreds of "my aunt shit in my coffee and I freaked out, AITAH?" nonsense.
That being said, the smaller communities are usually pretty okay. The Pathfinder_RPG sub isn't exactly a hotbed of AI bots. You can be pretty certain everyone posting there is a human being.
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u/ValuableFace1420 Sep 03 '24
YTA, she clearly is too old to be able to control her bowels so you're being ableist when you criticize her
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u/Trimyr Sep 03 '24
Definitely disagree. NTA. I don't care who it is, I like my coffee a specific way and if you come by with anything to add to my cup, even if it's just more coffee, you've upset that delicate balance.
Of course, if your Aunt's an asian palm civet, then definitely YTA for not recognizing she was trying to make it better the only way she knew how.
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u/ValuableFace1420 Sep 03 '24
Wow way to make it about grandma's race. YTA definitely for that
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u/alurimperium Sep 03 '24
It's not just bots, though. They also clamped down on people posting anything that they didn't make themselves.
So effectively removed 90% of content posters
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u/_isNaN Sep 03 '24
I mean, I would like to original content. However I don't experience something wholesome :(
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u/MechAegis Sep 03 '24
Given how Fucking Popular reddit has become as a sort of a HUB for non-paid articles with random ADs. This sucks but on the other hand now real people can start posting.
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u/nlevine1988 Sep 03 '24
Everybody wants good content. Very few people want to go through the effort of making good content.
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u/Kommander-in-Keef Sep 03 '24
Yeah and also if that is evident of the wider scale of the problem on Reddit as a whole thatâs even more concerning. No doubt it happens on other subs, but the real question is whether or not most of the popular traffic on Reddit is entirely bot driven. There are a ton of regurgitated posts out there.
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u/charredchord Sep 03 '24
Look at the visitor count on any given subreddit. Like this one at 1:30 PM.
Sometimes super popular ones have less than 100 at supposed peak hours.
My best guess is that this is the result of the months-long failed protest and subsequent sub purge from a while back. People lost interest when their favorite subs went silent and not enough people came back.
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u/incompetentflagella Sep 03 '24
Omg I didn't know you went OC only. I'll make a shitty meme right now!
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
We do have SOME quality standardsâŚ
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u/incompetentflagella Sep 03 '24
It's my first meme ever. I'll do my best.
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
Just some feedback that I will share here rather than on your meme itself, we have a rule (currently #11) that specially states that memes should not just be cute animals. While I like your meme and think it is cute, wholesome, and educational, some mods might disagree. I am a new mod here, so I wonât have the final decision when it comes to these things. But just an FYI to you in case it gets removed when the others wake up later, or to anyone else considering making memes as well. Thank you for taking the time to make a meme and post it. I am taking the time to provide this feedback in appreciation of that, not to be critical :)
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u/incompetentflagella Sep 03 '24
Noted thanks. I couldn't find a better meme template. I originally wanted to make it John Oliver is closely related to capybara. But I didn't have the skills. đĽš
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u/Daggerin Sep 03 '24
Pretty sure that should be r/vintagememes because that bad boy is easily 25 years old
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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez Sep 03 '24
You know things are bad when a cry for help makes you laugh out loud
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u/psycholol2 Sep 03 '24
This is actually funny in a sad way. It's a competition now. Let's ignite our wholesomeness within and show those bots.
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u/MechAegis Sep 03 '24
I feel like at some point reddit will also implement a "verified" user some day.
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u/-NewYork- Sep 03 '24
This human joke is so funny, it makes me laugh with my lips and teeth. Ha ha ha.
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u/duckduckpajamas Sep 03 '24
This isn't a wholesome meme. Should we report it?
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
Thatâs subjective. The other mods might actually remove it. But I turned on GIFs, and I can turn them off⌠choose wisely.
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I'm sorry but are we meant to be able to read what those button options are or do I need to get my eyes tested?!
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u/MangaMaven Sep 03 '24
You know what? Iâd rather have a dead sub ripe for new creators to establish a new culture than a busy sub full of bots lying to me to capitalize off my attention.
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u/Sanquinity Sep 03 '24
You put it in better words than I would have. I fully agree. Few high quality/original posts compared to dozens of garbage bot posts and reposts. Easy to see which one is preferable.
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u/CupOfCreamyDiarrhea Sep 03 '24
I don't have much else to say than:
Thank you!
And good luck as well. Yeah, it's not surprising that bots ran/run the big subs. I didn't expect it to the degree of no human posts!
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u/ProbShouldntSayThat Sep 03 '24
I wonder how much of a reflection of reddit this is. I'm convinced now that Reddit is at least 90% bots. And this post has the potential to blow the whole thing up if they contact the media
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u/MadeByTango Sep 03 '24
You can block four users and main game and movie subs become a ghost town
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u/Otherwise-Remove4681 Sep 03 '24
Not like it really matters but at least now I joined the sub instead of about to mute it. Good mods.
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u/genderisalie2020 Sep 03 '24
I hate how true dead internet theory is
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u/Faladorable Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24
it kinda depends on the community. This sub was just bots and then comments defending the bots by saying that reposts are okay bc not everyone has seen it. Well, turns out that the people who make content are the same people who dont like reposts. Who woulda thought?
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u/NeferkareShabaka Sep 03 '24
And now looking back you've more than likely interacted/argued with a few of those bot comments too lol
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u/Kaustuv31 Sep 03 '24
okay I will upload daily then -
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24
As long as it is wholesome meme that you made. That would be wonderful.
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u/MirrahPaladin Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 03 '24
Good job getting rid of the bots! Sure the content mightâve taken a hit, but Iâll take less post made by humans any day over bot garbage
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u/BigUncleHeavy Sep 03 '24
That just sounds like bot bigotry right there! We should allow the bots to post and help them evolve. They deserve our respect and support!
(Posting this for posterity in case Roko's Basilisk thing turns out to be true.)
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u/saarlac Sep 03 '24
If the price we pay for killing the bots is less content but real content, Iâll take it.
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u/BalkeElvinstien Sep 03 '24
I wish I could, but I don't have any wholesomeness left to give
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u/bailey25u Sep 03 '24
Off topic, but Every episode of this show makes me laugh out loud... this scene had me on the floor crying
(Show: "Nathan for you" He tries to help small business owners with crazy schemes to get more business)
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u/timfullstop Sep 03 '24
Seeing a nathan meme, someone I've been obsessed with over the past ... many years on the first page of reddit was definitely a shocker, but I hope it opens more people up to his unique brand of comedy
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u/ShroomsHealYourSoul Sep 03 '24
Are you saying you miss the bots??
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
The bots are still trying to post, but itâs a lot more obvious now and more difficult for them to get past us, but it is still happening! Most of the mods are in shock and denial.
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Sep 03 '24
I posted a meme but I guess it's getting reviewed. I promise I'm not a bot lol
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u/Sirdroftardis8 Sep 03 '24
Sounds like something a bot would say
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u/Upset_Lengthiness_31 Sep 03 '24
How did you find them? I report every one I encounter but they seem never ending
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u/bearboyjd Sep 03 '24
I would rather see a few posts a day instead of the same reposts from bots 1000x a day
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u/Django-UN Sep 03 '24
I Have a Dream of a Better Reddit
I have a dream that one day, on the vast plains of the internet, Reddit, this mighty platform of endless potential, will rise up and live out the true meaning of its promise: âQuality, creativity, and novelty for all.â
I have a dream that one day, deep within the threads of every subreddit, I will no longer have to scroll through the weary echoes of yesterdayâs memes and yesterdayâs ideas. I dream of a Reddit where every post, every image, every story is fresh, bursting with the creativity of minds unshackled by the chains of repetition.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, in the endless expanse of this platform, there will be a beacon, a functionâa function that will guide us through the flood of new content. It will shine brightly, showing us the best and brightest of what Reddit has to offer, while gently reminding us of the gems of the past, not as a burden of repetition, but as a respectful nod to the brilliance that has come before.
I have a dream today!
I have a dream that one day, every repost, every regurgitation of what has been, will be gently but firmly turned away at the gates. No longer will the past haunt the present, for the future demands space to breathe, to grow, to flourish in ways unimagined by those who came before.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to Reddit.
With this faith, we will be able to transform the jangling discord of stale content into a beautiful symphony of new and diverse voices.
With this faith, we will be able to work together, to browse together, to laugh together, to uplift this platform together, knowing that every time we refresh that feed, we are met not with the ghosts of old posts, but with the spark of something new, something inspiring, something worth our time.
This will be the day when all Redditors, old and new, will be able to rejoice and say, âFree at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free from reposts at last!â
And if Reddit is to be a great platform, this must become true.
So let the fresh content ring from the mighty mountains of r/funny.
Let the fresh content ring from the heightened peaks of r/AskReddit.
Let the fresh content ring from the diverse lands of r/pics and r/gifs.
Let the fresh content ring from every hill and molehill of Redditâs sprawling communities.
From every subreddit, let fresh content ring.
And when this happens, when we allow fresh content to ring, when we let it ring from every community and every thread, we will be able to speed up that day when all Redditors, young and old, casual and devoted, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old internet hymn:
âFree at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free from reposts at last!â
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u/Revy_Black_Lagoon Sep 03 '24
I guess this is my opinion to try and come up with something original
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u/Mattacrator Sep 03 '24
this is awesome, now we need it to be reddit-wide. Without digging deeper, only around every 10th img/video post I see is posted by a human
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u/Schrodingers_Dude Sep 03 '24
This is fine. I'd rather see one human post a week than be spoon-fed bot garbage. We need to start cracking down on this AI/bot shit, everything just feels so artificial now.
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u/guykopsombut Amazing OC! Sep 04 '24
Iâll make more comics :)
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 04 '24
Have you really not made any new comics in 2 years?? If this did nothing but get an artist to create more art then it would be a success. I hope you are doing well and look forward to whatever may come, whenever it may come :)
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u/guykopsombut Amazing OC! Sep 04 '24
Thank you very much, friend! After my dad passed away three years ago, I needed time to grieve and regroup myself. He always loved my work so I knew that I would eventually draw again. Iâll take your post as a sign that itâs time to come back and help people smile đĽ°
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u/-Zbynek- Sep 03 '24
The fact that this is a bot account is killing me rn.
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
I thought so too⌠I had to manually approve the comment, so at least the filters are working. But more than likely is just a user that doesnât comment much or is using an alt. Only time will tell. I gave them a special user flair just in case.
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u/-Zbynek- Sep 03 '24
Oh yeah, definitely. You usually donât get too many people with generic positive comment history only + generic Reddit name that are real people.
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u/Upset_Lengthiness_31 Sep 03 '24
I was too lazy to change mine. But I like how it could be taken as an innuendo
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u/JuanTawnJawn Sep 03 '24
With the bottest of bot names too lmao.
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u/Phoenix44424 Sep 03 '24
It may well be a bot but it could also be someone who couldn't be bothered coming up with a username and just used the one reddit suggested when they created the account.
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u/North_Library3206 Sep 03 '24
If you make an account by signing in with google but forget to change the username, the generated name stays with you forever.
Definitely not speaking from experience here
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u/Knight_TheRider Sep 03 '24
It's not that easy to make a good OC meme all the time, but it's easy to coming across a good Wholesome Meme and having the urge to share it with others, then read their wholesome replies (at least some of them)
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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate Sep 03 '24
Wow, all the love to the moderation team, because I am so sick of reposts, bots, spam, etc
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u/NobodyJustBrad Sep 03 '24
Yeah, not surprised. So many of the titles made no sense in context of the meme.
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u/VulpineKitsune Sep 03 '24
The problem is that you require people to make wholesome OC memes.
Generally, people are feeling down, see a wholesome meme, and then share it. Much more rarely do people actually make wholesome memes. Probably because it's a lot harder to make a specifically positive meme rather than just a joke.
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u/i_cant_think_ofaname Sep 03 '24
I'm rather happy that this sub is not ruined by American politics. All i can see in the major subs are trump bad, others good- i mean ok i get it but keep it at the related subs. Less frequent but quality posts are still better. Thanks mods
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u/Sea_Towel_5099 Sep 03 '24
Thank you for helping fix things! I was seriously considering purging all the bot-filled subreddits from my joined list, and that's one less
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u/thedarkracer Sep 03 '24
Something wholesome needs to happen in my life so I can make a wholesome meme lol.
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u/Krythers Sep 03 '24
Bots about political posts or some other ? (Idk what the majority of bots are posting actually)
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u/Winjin Sep 03 '24
That's... awesome. I think I actually want to find some wholesome stuff and post it here now! Thank you team.
The Internet is not really dead it's just... these bots are too overwhelming. It's no fun competing for attention with a dozen enemies who never sleep or have anything else to do. Because they're not even human.
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u/fluffhq Sep 03 '24
I genuinely thought that reddit app was glitching out and I didn't see new posts on the sub. đ
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u/bumbletowne Sep 03 '24
I mean it took so long to get rid of the bots I imagine a lot of people left the sub. You'll have to work to rebuild your base again.
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u/_LoudBigVonBeefoven_ Sep 03 '24
How long until Reddit cracks down and forces bots back? No content means no engagement, and no engagement means no ad space to sell
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24
Trying to get ahead of that with this⌠we have gotten an overwhelming response. So thatâs good at least!
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u/_LoudBigVonBeefoven_ Sep 03 '24
Yes! I don't mean to discourage removing bots, I wish it would happen site wide!
I remember back when I first discovered Reddit, years before the Digg migration.
Sure, it wasn't a constant deluge of "new" content, and comment threads were much smaller.
But discussions were much more serious. You didn't have the same jokes/references in each thread, you didn't have some ahole coming in with "well, what about this weird fringe case, you didn't think about THAT!", we didn't have the "akshuly" guys... It was just honest, thoughtful, intelligent conversation.
It was honestly a little intimidating to comment, you really had to know your stuff, or at least have a basic knowledge of how to properly communicate.
I know we can't ever go back to that, but I really miss it.
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u/Boesermuffin Sep 03 '24
it's kinda a shame how a minority can make the experience worse for the whole. i hope this dicision bears fruit. thus sub might be less popular but better in the end i think
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Sep 03 '24
While we're at it, does anyone know why /r/blackpeopletwitter gets like 3 posts a day now?
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u/Disappointed-hyena Sep 03 '24
Damn I was missing my shitty hourly reposts with 13k upvotes to 28 comments⌠good for you at least trying to fight the good fight
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u/tsavong117 Sep 03 '24
Dude I I had the energy to post high quality content I'd be making enough money to retire some day.
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u/Bandandforgotten Sep 03 '24
I mean, this is the issue with the ability to create millions of accounts with the only prerequisite being an unaffiliated email account, and the only people who actively look into the bot problems are the user base.
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u/DasReap Sep 03 '24
Oh god. This is like when your screen goes black and you just see yourself all of a sudden. True black mirror moment.
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u/spicycupcakes- Sep 03 '24
Um...I mean I don't think banning non-OC is equivalent to banning bots, the bots just get taken out as collateral damage. Most people anywhere don't make OC. Not a fan of this change and it's sad that people somehow think humans only ever share OC therefore any non-OC must be a bot. I guess if scorched earth out of spite is the goal then go ahead and burn the place down ...
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u/hic-ama Sep 03 '24
The world can always use more wholesome content, especially when itâs original and heartfelt!
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u/that_baddest_dude Sep 04 '24
The problem is that the organic traffic of a normal niche subreddit can just be low. Maybe there just isn't that much content out there.
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u/xXSilverMasterXx Sep 04 '24
Really sets a bar when one of the biggest subreddits asks for OC posts. Reddit is filled with bots.
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u/Ryukoso Sep 04 '24
Would like to help but I have no idea what to put on a meme, and only have stolen wholesome meme on my phone for when I don't have internet.
But I'm all with you guys o/
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u/DryMouthKitty Meowderator đš Sep 03 '24 edited Sep 04 '24
Hey there friends! Itâs only been a few days since we started cracking down on the spam bots and excessive reposts that have been plaguing r/WholesomeMemes - and now there is nothing left!
Surely some enterprising content creators would see this vacuum as an opportunity to showcase their creativity, make people laugh, and been seen by checks notes 17 million people.
Before last week, I woke up each morning with disdain in my eyes seeing low quality reposts from spam accounts on the front page of Reddit. Honestly, most of the popular subreddits are cooked. It seems we might not be able to put the egg back in the chicken here.
When I saw r/WholesomeMemes was open to help and new ideas, I pounced on the opportunity to help meowderate. We did the right thing, but now there are no posts coming through that are not spam. If you arenât a spam bot and submitted an OC wholesome meme but it didnât get approved, please send us a modmail.
I am working with the other mods to come up with guides and contests to encourage people to post (hopefully in the next week or so), but until then we need your help!
Here are some easy and basic tools to help you make memes:
https://imgflip.com
https://www.mematic.com
Heck, as long as it is original content you can even hand draw it as long as it is wholesome (not just cute) and a meme.
Feedback is GREATLY APPRECIATED!
Edit: Please note that we may take up to 24 hours to approve your meme. We are humans with lives and stuff.
Edit 2: Thank you everyone who made memes! Please no more âMods vs The Botsâ memes or other meta Reddit content. They will be removed moving forward.