Since it's not shown in the article, the placeholder was the newspapers here; https://rl.bloat.cat/preview/pre/bn8bzvzd80ye1.jpeg?width=16... via https://rl.bloat.cat/r/expedition33/comments/1k6yv8a/does_th...

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latexr 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s the after image, here’s the before (also from that thread):

https://rl.bloat.cat/preview/pre/k7zsc1nls7af1.jpeg?width=19...

This does make it a bit more suspicious. It seems unlikely they coincidentally used gen AI placeholders only for the one case where it’s absurdly obvious.

	▲	viraptor 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Sorry for the... clicko? Thanks for posting the right one.

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Alex2037 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

man, a reddit clone that reads exactly like reddit. what's the point, even?

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latexr 18 hours ago | parent [-]

> what's the point, even?

Learning. From the website:

> I started it on January 13, 2023, to learn something new and improve my GNU/Linux skills.

https://bloat.cat/about/

Also, not relying on a single service for one thing is a good thing, as Reddit itself demonstrated when they closed off API access.

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Alex2037 17 hours ago | parent [-]

I didn't mean the layout, but the comments - the same basic bitch "capitalism bad" that is perfectly acceptable to chant ad nauseam on reddit proper.

	▲	dgares 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's because it's just a Reddit frontend.