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highplainsdem

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7. Facebook was an AI cesspool first. Zuckerberg doesn't care how harmful AI slop is if it increases

Reply to Mosby (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 16, 2026, 07:08 PM

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engagement. A lot of the accounts boosting AI slop on Facebook are apparently bots. Same with X, and probably with Threads.

GenAI is destroying the internet.

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The AI video of a fake George Will that was the cause of considerable comment here yesterday [View all] rzemanfl Monday OP

Is it this? Renew Deal Monday #1

"I don't understand why Google won't take it down" Intractable Monday #2

That's correct Renew Deal Monday #4

It spread first on threads Mosby Monday #5

Facebook was an AI cesspool first. Zuckerberg doesn't care how harmful AI slop is if it increases highplainsdem Monday #7

It was this but without the "Altered or synthetic content" rzemanfl Monday #6

Most of the AI users on YouTube don't add that label voluntarily, though they're supposed to. YouTube highplainsdem Monday #8

I should just stay away from there. rzemanfl Monday #10

So many of these videos are AI now. Most of the time it's obvious, but Ocelot II Monday #3

The video does actually admit it's AI if you expand it Quixote1818 Monday #9

Thanks, that's good to know. n/t rzemanfl Monday #11

That label can apparently be added some time after the video is uploaded. It's supposed to be there highplainsdem Monday #12