tetris11@feddit.uk to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-25 days agoWhat happened to WikiHowfeddit.ukimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1imageWhat happened to WikiHowfeddit.uktetris11@feddit.uk to Casual UK@feddit.ukEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
This used to be an informative website on how to do DIY stuff, aimed at young adults. The audience seems to have… changed? https://www.wikihow.com/
minus-squareSchwim Dandy@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·5 days agoIt looks like it’s been overrun with AI “articles”. There’s tons of telltale stuff like this: What Are The Most Popular Names This Year? Great question! In America, here are the top 10 boys and girls names of 2025: I know that they took some heat for adopting AI to generate their images but it looks like it’s gone much farther than that. I am pretty sure the content is irrelevant to the owners as from it’s first sale in 2006, it existed primarily to be an adsense ad farm. https://buzzlogic.com/business/the-story-of-wikihow-and-how/?admin
It looks like it’s been overrun with AI “articles”. There’s tons of telltale stuff like this:
I know that they took some heat for adopting AI to generate their images but it looks like it’s gone much farther than that.
I am pretty sure the content is irrelevant to the owners as from it’s first sale in 2006, it existed primarily to be an adsense ad farm.
https://buzzlogic.com/business/the-story-of-wikihow-and-how/?admin