Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From

Facebook's AI-generated content problem is being fueled by its own creator bonus program, according to an investigation by 404 Media. The program incentivizes users, particularly from developing countries, to flood the platform with AI-generated images for financial gain. The outlet found that influencers in India and Southeast Asia are teaching followers how to exploit Facebook's algorithms and content moderation systems to go viral with AI-generated images. Many use Microsoft's Bing Image Creator to produce bizarre, often emotive content that garners high engagement.

"The post you are seeing now is of a poor man that is being used to generate revenue," said Indian YouTuber Gyan Abhishek in a video, pointing to an AI image of an emaciated elderly man. He claimed users could earn "$100 for 1,000 likes" through Facebook's bonus program. While exact payment rates vary, 404 Media verified that consistent viral posting can lead to significant earnings for users in countries like India. Meta has defended the program to 404 Media, stating it works as intended if content meets community standards and engagement is authentic.

FB is not like Seinfeld

[BishopBerkeley]

Seinfeld was a show about nothing. Now, FB is a service that IS nothing. It's devolving into AI masturbation.

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[nightflameauto]

Seinfeld was a show about nothing. Now, FB is a service that IS nothing. It's devolving into AI masturbation.

It's a sideways preview of what's coming to the entire internet. Somehow, the corporations managed to figure out a way where views = $$$$. Now they're working desperately to make it appear as if humans are viewing/replying/liking/posting/etc things on the web, with machines that can do it far faster. The internet will eventually be clogged with this shit, because there's nothing slowing it down, and every incentive, even simple incentives like in this article, to continue to push the envelope on just how mu

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[nevermindme]

Everything evolves in the direction of myspace.

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[kisrael]

So like 20+ years ago, Wired declared "free wins".
I think people - after being nickel and literally dimed by 10-cents-per-SMS - were rightfully shy of "pay per transaction", because thy weren't sure what their usage would look like and that shit adds up.

So two decades later we have this sad fork in the road, two main paths:
* "free", but shitty with ads or other ways they figured out how to commoditize your attention
* subscription, where they can keep collecting rent no matter how little you use it.
( with "p

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[shanen]

Not a bad FP, but there's a lot of nothing to go around? The story is about to fall off of the front page with fewer than 10 comments. It's about AI and Facebook, but AI is usually of interest here, so maybe it's a good sign indicating that Slashdot folks have lost interest in Facebook? However, if I got to push only one button to make something go away, I think I'd push the button for the cesspool formerly known as Twitter.

Then again, I mostly don't get the Seinfeld references. No TV access for me during t

You get what you paid for

[khchung]

He claimed users could earn "$100 for 1,000 likes" through Facebook's bonus program.

FB pay for likes, so people create content that garner likes, what's the problem?

Oh, you thought posts on FB is real people taking real pictures? I have a nice bridge to sell you.

Zero Engagement

[TranquilVoid]

AI-generated [...] content that garners high engagement

I'm not sure there is high engagement. The posts I see often approach 1000 likes and comments, yet precisely zero are laugh reacts and all the comments are one liners. It seems the engagement is bot/AI-generated too.

It's a cat and mouse game for my FB Purity addon to block recommended content. At the moment I'm thankfully not seeing any "Jesus and Cabin Crew" or "Amputee Women Who Just Want One Wish for their Birthday" posts.

You would think

[nevermindme]

You would think Facebooks first AI efforts would be to use AI to find worthless content and strike it from the site. Chasing actual dollars being lost is where AI is implemented in all forms of Retail and Casinos.