Snapchat Sees Spike in 1-star Reviews as Users Pan 'My AI' Feature (techcrunch.com) 26
The early user reviews for Snapchat's "My AI" feature are in -- and they're not good. From a report: Launched last week to global users after initially being a subscriber-only addition, Snapchat's new AI chatbot powered by OpenAI's GPT technology is now pinned to the top of the app's Chat tab where users can ask it questions and get instant responses. But following the chatbot's rollout to Snapchat's wider community, Snapchat's app has seen a spike in negative reviews amid a growing number of complaints shared on social media.
Over the past week, Snapchat's average U.S. App Store review was 1.67, with 75% of reviews being 1-star, according to data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. For comparison, across Q1 2023, the Snapchat average U.S. App Store review was 3.05 with only 35% of reviews being 1-star. The number of daily reviews has also increased by 5 times over the last week, the firm noted.
Over the past week, Snapchat's average U.S. App Store review was 1.67, with 75% of reviews being 1-star, according to data from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower. For comparison, across Q1 2023, the Snapchat average U.S. App Store review was 3.05 with only 35% of reviews being 1-star. The number of daily reviews has also increased by 5 times over the last week, the firm noted.
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No, it's more like Tucker Carlson before he left Fox.
You think he left on his own? I'd wager he was fired for being one of the main lying heads responsible for Fox losing over $700 million.
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No, it's more like Tucker Carlson before he left Fox.
You think he left on his own? I'd wager he was fired for being one of the main lying heads responsible for Fox losing over $700 million.
Ya, not sure they're gonna miss it.
First the AP (and others) are reporting that this will unlikely cost them that much because of insurance and tax deductions (yup, it's a write-off) Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M [apnews.com]:
Fox had about $4 billion of cash on hand as of December 2022, ...
How much the lawsuit will actually end up costing Fox is unclear because there are ways it can defray some of the expense, primarily through insurance and the use of tax deductions.
Fox can deduct the Dominion settlement from its income taxes as an expense necessary for the cost of doing business.
Secondly, they're rolling in money. From: Fox News Revenue [zippia.com]
Fox News annual revenue for 2022 was $14.0B, a 8.25% growth from 2021.
And the Fox Corporation 2023 Q2 [foxcorporation.com] report notes:
Fox Reports Q2 2023 Revenues of $4.61 Billion
Lastly, Tucker helped Fox get all that $$$ and remember, according to his texts discovered during the Dominion suit, he was always mindful of their stock
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No, it's more like Tucker Carlson before he left Fox.
You think he left on his own? I'd wager he was fired for being one of the main lying heads responsible for Fox losing over $700 million.
I neither know nor care why he left. It's not relevant.
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ah ha ha, nice to hear that that nasty piece of shit has been booted, he deserves far worse though for all the hatred he endlessly tried to whip up. /karma to burn
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Re:Toxic Feature? (Score:4, Interesting)
No, it's just a stupid effort to ride on the train of whatever popular buzzword is out there. Just because you can put a checkmark on the product box doesn't mean it's a useful version of the feature. It will never draw attention away from the good implementation. If anything, it serves to show you're even more out of touch.
It's not like they've had time to actually make something good since this idea became popular.
"Most asked question" (Score:4, Insightful)
It's like when Windows rolls out a new feature. Most asked question: How do I turn that shit off?
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There's a difference between hating change and having a fake robot sitting right at the top of your chat screen grooming 13 year old girls and teaching your underage kids how to hide the smell of booze from you.
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teaching your underage kids how to hide the smell of booze from you.
Well Dad if there wasn't such a strong smell of booze from you we wouldn't have to hide it. It's embarrasing.
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It's like when Windows rolls out a new feature. Most asked question: How do I turn that shit off?
Unfortunately, as my "user.js" file can attest, that's also true for many Firefox "features" -- for me anyway.
Re:"Most asked question" (Score:5, Interesting)
It's like when Windows rolls out a new feature. Most asked question: How do I turn that shit off?
I use SnapChat to talk to my kids (you have to meet them where they are).
When My AI showed up, it took me less than a day before I was annoyed enough by it's presence to disable it. Actually figuring out how to remove it took about 30 seconds and that's because I'm a total SC klutz.
Gotta say, I was never even tempted to figure out what it was or how to use it. TBH, never occurred to me to try. I don't even understand why it's My AI--what about it is mine?
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Exactly. That's why I deleted Snapchat as soon as they added their version of facebook. I don't care about news and influencers and shit. Just let me message my friends.
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ask the algorithm (Score:1)
Its just the AI reviewing the app (Score:2)
Sounds a lot less uptight than ChatGPT (Score:2)
While available as a subscriber-only feature, The Washington Post reported the bot was responding in an unsafe manner. After telling the bot the user was a 15-year-old, the AI made suggestions about how to mask the smell of alcohol and pot at a birthday party. It also wrote an essay for school for the teen. When the bot was told the user was 13, it responded to a question about how to set the mood when having sex for the first time, the paper reported.
Why do they all think they need this? (Score:2)
I really don't understand why seemingly all companies suddenly feel the need to roll out some half-baked generative AI feature in apps that people are already perfectly happy to use. Sure, it's cool technology and it has its uses. But after so many companies hopping on the bandwagon and coming up with something that is embarrassingly poorly received...why the rush to be the next one?
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Because most marketing people are too stupid to think beyond the idea of buzzword compliance. And the rest of management is too stupid to ignore them.
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aI iS 0UR fUTURE!
Snapchat snapchat on the wall who's the prettiest? (Score:2)
And it replied 'Kim Kardashian'.
Damn, there goes my self confidence.
I wonder how much she paid to have that AI reply in that way...
Next step (Score:2)
When Google turned their own apps into crippleware, the onslaught of negative reviews resulted in Google deleting their applet product-listings from their own web-site.