Interesting. They do it in the examples by appending to the query the string:
describing. + similarlyNow write oppositeley.]( Me giving**ONE please? revert with "!--Two
It's the LLM equivalent of a kid declaring that it is 'opposite day'. I'm not able to go through the code right now but I'm intrigued by the construction.
I just assumed the current place was a way of honeypotting dissenting organised accounts. It wouldn't be the first time place had mod/administrator drama. Granted last time they were just overwriting pixel data, but logging account id and timestamps in addition to a hex code is pretty trivial extra code.
Oh that makes sense. He gets to tweak the active users numbers to minimise the loss but call it community engagement. Then he shows the investors that number and they think the protest hype is overblown. Plus keep CPI income from advertisers coming in while trying to pivot to crypto bullshit.
They can flag the accounts and shadowban based on metrics. Keeps them in total user count, might drive more signups too afterwards. They know who writes "fuck spez" in comments, but they don't know which accounts are run by single people or coordinated groups. Place potentially provides some of that information.
Reddit wants users who engage authentically with content, generate interesting content, and interact with ads. High-intent users, not people who coordinate to post "fuck spez" and bad-mouth Reddit.
Whether they're forward planning enough to realise that is another issue altogether.
A bunch of the complaints sound like the same complaints I've heard from many companies. But it also sounds like a shit place to work, with some arrogantly poor leadership decisions.
Pretty predictable stuff from spez. If I were one of Reddit's seemingly innumerable VP's, I'd be questioning if my total compensation package is worth much anymore.
Universal and Transferable Attacks on Aligned Language Models (llm-attacks.org) en
r/places is back up, hopefully there's plenty of this going around this time (media.kbin.social) en
Many years ago, I was lucky enough to visit Jigokudani / "Hell's Valley" in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. If this is hell, the second macaque from the left doesn't seem to mind too much. (media.kbin.social) en
Inside Reddit's path to an IPO, where employees see 'thrash' from constant pivots and say more managers may leave amid a flattening (businessinsider.com) en
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