Reddit fights AI marketing ‘slop’ with its own AI, as GEO becomes the new SEO
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As marketers game ChatGPT answers by seeding Reddit, the platform is responding with its own AI to police “GEO” spam—AI is now moderating the content AI is trained to read. If your brand leans on community channels, assume authenticity is the new scarce asset and plan for more manual engagement, not just prompt-optimized content.
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