Meanwhile: #Reddit #SocialMedia
Reddit told regulators it expects the price of its shares to range from $31 to $34. Shares will be traded on the New York Stock Exchange
Reddit also announced it would share data from its user base with Google, which planned to use it for AI training and making improvements to its search results
Reddit’s Sale of User Data for AI Training Draws FTC Inquiry
The platform says it stands to make more than $200 million in coming years from Google and other companies that want user comments to feed AI projects. Regulators have questions.
https://www.wired.com/story/reddits-sale-user-data-ai-training-draws-ftc-investigation
I wonder if Reddit or Google will offer and "opt out" for any of that
@AndersonArtwork think that would be down to Reddit to add an opt-out feature via the site setting's
Google have been in partnership with Reddit for years though this is new just for AI and the new reddit API charges
Googles announcement about it here
https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/expanded-reddit-partnership/
I *just* figured out how to bypass reddit's "whoa there pardner" blocking of my anonymous connection...fuck em...
@opie 😂😂 where there's a will there's a way 😆
Yup fuck-em
I just felt like...if there are subreddits for both Mullvad VPN and Mullvad Browser...it was antithetical for them to block me from accessing the site via those methods...
ya know, like... c'mon man...this aggression will not stand...
😁
@opie it is pure aggression 😆 tryin ta be provocative innit lol
The feckin cheek of them
"This enhanced collaboration provides Google with an efficient and structured way to access the vast corpus of existing content on Reddit and enables Google to use the Reddit Data API to improve its products and services," Reddit said in a blog post announcing the deal
https://www.redditinc.com/blog/reddit-and-google-expand-partnership