Every couple of years I try out the latest “assistant”. I ask very simple queries, stuff that you might expect it to be able to handle. It always disappoints hilariously.

Questions where previous assistants consistently and utterly failed: “What’s the weather going to be like today?” “I want to go to [address], using public transport, can you tell me which routes I have to take?” “What are my appointments today?”

You’d think these are pretty obvious use-cases, but every iteration of assistants was completely incapable of getting even close to a satisfying answer. I don’t expect LLMs to fare better this time around.

So you’re starting to hate reddit more than X. Understandable. I think the social media companies are lost, they had their time.

… so they can learn what ads you’re willing to tolerate.

It’s getting so tiresome. Improve products? Improve service? Improve quality? Improve efficiency? Improve literally anything? Nahh, let’s slap an LLM on it and see whether we can fire some people.

I’ve been here for 12d now and feddit hasn’t lost it’s charm. That feeling of how the internet was before the big companies is so refreshing.

It’s like a fucking forum for adults!

What was the post, though?

You’re right. An even shittier reddit that failed due to extreme greed before? What’s the point?

I just deleted the reddit app today, apparently not a minute too early.

You can’t really. It’s that moment when you realize you never “owned” the subreddit in the first place, all your work belonged to reddit.

The show is the point. Users are supposed to self-censor out of fear, which is far more effective than any form of automated censorship. Reddit just implement the “chilling effect”.

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

That is my impression, too.

The Trump administration had barely started, it’s going to be a wild ride. I fully expect Polio to return.

Thank God I’m not on reddit anymore.

Wow, a state backed scam and grift reserve. Surely this will turn out great.

I’ve been using it for weeks and I think I’ll stick with it. It feels fresh and relaxed at the same time.

On second thought, maybe they’re doing the right thing. Offering what the competition does with improved privacy and the option to switch it off completely. I personally think LLMs are pretty bad at real-life queries, but ultimately the users will have to decide.

I’m open for alternative suggestions. The ease of wiping browser data while excluding preferred sites in duckduckgo is really nice.