[HN Gopher] Don't Fall for AI: Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop
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       Don't Fall for AI: Reasons for Writers to Reject Slop
        
       Author : BerislavLopac
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2025-07-17 21:38 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | lexandstuff wrote:
       | It used to be that if I saw a typo or grammatical error in
       | someone's writing, I'd switch off, thinking the author really
       | didn't care that much about the text they're writing to proofread
       | it. Now, the complete opposite. Leaving in typos and such shows a
       | clear signal that the author cared enough about what they're
       | writing not to out source to AI.
       | 
       | Related to that, I saw a local band posting marketing material
       | online, that was this kind of amateurish typography with a
       | collage of photos decorated with coloured markers. 2 years ago
       | I'd be laughing at what a terrible job it was, today, it's a
       | breath of fresh human air from all the slop we're subjected to
       | all over the internet. It caught my attention, so much that I'm
       | going to see the band this weekend.
        
         | analog31 wrote:
         | I have a rule that if something seems more literate than the
         | person who wrote it, they probably didn't write it.
         | 
         | Also, the vast majority of stuff ever written isn't worth
         | reading, so filtering your feed for stuff that's worth reading
         | isn't new to the AI age.
        
         | boznz wrote:
         | Any spelling or grammar mistake is enough for me to re-publish
         | one of my e-books (which usually takes about 20 minutes). The
         | reason is that even a simple error may be enough to pull your
         | reader out of their fantasy space and back into the real world,
         | and as an avid reader myself I would prefer that did not
         | happen.
        
       | n42 wrote:
       | why do I get so annoyed every time I read the word "slop" used
       | like this? I have the same reaction with "enshittification". am I
       | just getting grumpy and old?
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       | it triggers the same eye roll as the schoolyard bully nicknames
       | so popular in politics right now. bite sized, zero effort,
       | fashionable take downs that suffocate any attempt at genuine
       | discourse.
       | 
       | but I am probably just grumpy and old.
        
         | throwawayoldie wrote:
         | It's easy to be grumpy in a world full of enshittified slop.
        
         | Labov wrote:
         | "Slop" is a bit snappier than "artificial cultural
         | homogenization." Now that'd get some eye rolls.
        
         | maxbond wrote:
         | I think these words are useful because they convey a feeling of
         | disenchantment people are experiencing with technology. "You
         | say this is progress, but the experience keeps getting
         | shittier. You say this model's output is the next big thing,
         | but my plate is filled with indistinguishable slop."
         | 
         | I would point out what they're criticizing is also lazy and
         | driven by trends, the reflexive acceptance that whatever is new
         | is inevitable and must be embraced.
        
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