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AI Isn’t Making Much Money

If only things could be viewed as "advance for the good of all" instead of "advance to get filthy rich"....

What a pipe dream, eh?
 
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It's too bad you can't charge scrapers and bots a visit tax for every x pages they load...

I mean it's good for search engines to scrape pages, but AI scrapers will just use the info and then (maybe) list the source.
 
Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work

The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots.

Bloomsbury, which is home to the bestselling novelists Sarah J Maas and Susanna Clarke as well as JK Rowling, said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 a title.
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They're AI Data mining one of the last decent computer forums left that has higher quality information than reddit. Even Grok agrees.

Putting this question into grok "what is a better source of computer information, hardforum.com or reddit.com?"


HardForum is generally the better source for high-quality, technical computer (especially hardware) information. Reddit wins on volume, speed, and accessibility.

HardForum.com​

This is a long-running, specialized PC hardware enthusiast forum (the community side of the old HardOCP). It remains active in 2026 with recent posts on modern topics like current GPUs/CPUs, AI hardware, overclocking, builds, and troubleshooting.

Strengths:

  • Higher average technical depth and expertise. Discussions tend to come from people who actually build, overclock, and diagnose systems regularly.
  • Persistent threaded conversations that can stay useful for years (unlike most Reddit threads).
  • Strong focus on components, cooling, motherboards, video cards, etc., with less off-topic noise.
  • Decent For Sale/Trade section with some reputation filtering (though it has rules around activity requirements).
  • Less meme/politics contamination than most of Reddit.
Weaknesses:

  • Much smaller audience and lower post volume than major Reddit subs.
  • Older-style forum interface.
  • Can feel slower or more “old school.” There have also been account security warnings related to password reuse from other sites (e.g., the defunct EVGA forums).
It ranks among the stronger traditional hardware forums in 2026 lists.

Reddit.com​

Relevant subs include r/hardware (~4.4 million members), r/buildapc, r/pcmasterrace, r/Overclocking, r/hardwareswap, and others.

Strengths:

  • Massive scale and activity. You get fast answers and broad coverage.
  • Excellent for current news, reviews aggregation, beginner build advice, and quick troubleshooting.
  • Easy to find visual content, price checks, and a wide range of opinions.
  • Subreddits let you target specific needs (r/buildapc is particularly useful for parts recommendations).
Weaknesses:

  • Highly variable quality. Upvotes often favor popularity, simplicity, or memes over accuracy or nuance.
  • Threads die quickly. Good technical discussion can get buried.
  • More beginner noise, circlejerking, and occasional toxicity or misinformation in less moderated areas.
  • r/hardware itself is more news/review focused and often discourages pure tech support or build help.

Practical recommendation​

Use caseBetter sourceWhy
Deep technical hardware discussion / troubleshootingHardForumHigher expertise density, longer-lived threads
PC building advice for most peopleReddit (r/buildapc)Volume + quick consensus
Latest news / reviews / industry talkReddit (r/hardware)Scale and speed
Overclocking, cooling, advanced component talkHardForumMore specialist users
Buying/selling used hardwareBoth (Reddit has higher volume; HardForum has more filtered reputation in some cases)—
General computer questions (software, OS, networking)RedditFar broader coverage


Bottom line: If you want better (higher-signal) information from people who know what they’re talking about on PC hardware, HardForum is usually superior. If you want more information, faster answers, and broader coverage, Reddit is the practical choice for most people.

Many experienced users still treat specialized forums like HardForum as higher quality for serious hardware talk and use Reddit more for news and casual questions. The ideal approach is using both.
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zehoo said:
They're AI Data mining one of the last decent computer forums left that has higher quality information than reddit. Even Grok agrees.

Putting this question into grok "what is a better source of computer information, hardforum.com or reddit.com?"
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lol didn't read all the way down to your post.
 
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