Comment on Post and user deleted after finding out Ai was used
pasdechance@jlai.lu 11 hours ago
I saw the post. I believe the dev wrote the post, maybe with an LLM, or perhaps had an agent do it. We know agents are using Lemmy as a pastebin for some reason. I also think the game was made using AI.
Posting on Lemmy about games and loading them with postive sounding adjectives appears to be the sole purpose of these posts. I even saw one on the rather small shmups community which is specific.
I believe that the way the fediverse functions is seen as useful to bots/agents.
Making a post, loading it up with keywords, and providing a link to the project is better than any forum or even reddit. Once the post federates, it will create multiple free backlinks. Also, even if the post is deleted, the content will take time to delete across the fediverse. Other sites and users that use LLMs to write their reviews will find it and repeat the same slop. Slop cited in slop. Insloption. All free.
According to the SEO audits of my personal blog, the majority of my backlinks are from Lemmy instances.
How should a situation like these be handled in the future?
- let them post and deal with it the same way
- provide a template for self-promotion that must include an AI disclosure section
- have a “self-promotion day” during the week
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 10 hours ago
For the context, the post in question did not have any link. Links to games look always suspicious. I wonder why there was no link, if the sole purpose was a honest recommendation. My explanation for this is, it wasn’t honest (as you describe it), so their posts do not get flagged for spamming. Post explained in the middle somewhere the name of the game and on what platform to find.
On a different platform, Imgur, I have seen a different approach. They collect popular (old and new) memes and put them in a collection out. These are almost guaranteed to get upvotes and make it to the frontpage. Then with the popularity they edit link to the game page (or other links where they sell something). It’s frustrating.
There is probably a bias here, because you are a Lemmy user too. So people might have a personal interest into checking your blog.
As to deal with self-promotion, maybe have them a weekly thread dedicated to it? Because I’m getting nervous about the many advertisement posts made. But on the other hand, I personally like games too and want to recommend others. Which could be seen or misunderstood as advertisement, which in turn applies to other users too off course.
pasdechance@jlai.lu 10 hours ago
Tough choice. And tagging things like [Self-Promo] or [Recommendation] will get annoying.
justdaveisfine@piefed.social 8 hours ago
I’d hate to say it like this, and I have an incredible amount of bias as someone who dabbles in indie game development, but allowing self-promotion posts tends to bring out some of the most hustle-culture indies there are. Even when contained to a weekly thread, it can get funky.
Plus I like the general not-advertisement-heavy atmosphere so far.