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Exactly, you can't even fix the problem at the root, b/c the problem is already with the humans, making up stuff.



Believe it or not, there are websites that have real things posted. This is honestly my biggest shock that OpenAI thought Reddit of all places is a trustworthy source for knowledge.


Reddit has been the most trustworthy source for me in the last ~5 years, especially when I want to buy something.


Reddit is so much better than the average SEO-optimized site that adding "reddit" to your search is a common trick for using Google.


While Reddit is often helpful for me (Google site:reddit.com), it's nice to toggle between reddit and non-reddit.

I hope LLMs will offer a "-reddit" model to switch to when needed.


The websites with content authored by people is full of bullshit, intentional and unintentional.


It’s genuinely concerning to me how many people replied with thinking reddit is the gospel for factual information.

Reddit, while it has some niche communities with tribal info and knowledge, is FULL of spam, bots, companies masquerading as users, etc etc etc. If people are truly relying on reddit as a source of truth (which OpenAI is now being influenced by), then the world is just going to be amplify all the spam that already exists




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