All of those kinds of communities, where people tell anecdotes about their lives, turned into creative writing excerises for wannabe authors long before we had to worry about AI slop. TIFU, AmITheAsshole, RelationshipAdvice, etc. were all getting pretty derivative and sensational for clicks long before the exodus. Now they’re all either that or illiterate attention seekers showing off the results of their latest LLM prompts. I liked those stories too, but I don’t want anything to do with any of those communities anymore. It all just turned into a training ground for LLMs generating engagement. YouTube still tries to force those dumb AI story voiceover videos to me constantly. We used to joke that “nothing ever happens”, but everyday that sentiment feels a little less cynical and a little more real.
I see your point, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact what I’ve seen here wasn’t long creative writing essays, rather, photos with a very short description. Which is what I’m after.
People still share long posts under all sorts of contexts too, and LLMs train on everything. If you are holding on to prevent LLMs training then you might as well not post anywhere at all
All of those kinds of communities, where people tell anecdotes about their lives, turned into creative writing excerises for wannabe authors long before we had to worry about AI slop. TIFU, AmITheAsshole, RelationshipAdvice, etc. were all getting pretty derivative and sensational for clicks long before the exodus. Now they’re all either that or illiterate attention seekers showing off the results of their latest LLM prompts. I liked those stories too, but I don’t want anything to do with any of those communities anymore. It all just turned into a training ground for LLMs generating engagement. YouTube still tries to force those dumb AI story voiceover videos to me constantly. We used to joke that “nothing ever happens”, but everyday that sentiment feels a little less cynical and a little more real.
I see your point, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In fact what I’ve seen here wasn’t long creative writing essays, rather, photos with a very short description. Which is what I’m after.
People still share long posts under all sorts of contexts too, and LLMs train on everything. If you are holding on to prevent LLMs training then you might as well not post anywhere at all