I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersonated me

Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by wulfstan on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:30AM (#46352559)

It's not uncommon. My cousin sent out a Christmas card announcing her divorce - I think it stops a lot of 1-1 conversations with people which can be quite draining when you're already pretty raw.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by mcherm on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:36AM (#46352986)

What is the alternative to announcing a divorce? Keeping it secret? Not using social media to communicate?

In this case she explicitly did NOT make any mention of the divorce on social media when her husband first sprung it on her, nor during the process. She wrote this piece after it had been finalized.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by pmarreck on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:15AM (#46354265)

I guess a private announcement makes more sense to people than a public announcement, unless you wanted to make a blog post about a phenomenon related to it, which she appears to be trying to do

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by jmye on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:17AM (#46355376)

> Not using social media to communicate?

Apparently I'm a luddite now, because yes, this. Stop using social media to communicate with people you ostensibly care about.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by throw-12-16 on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:45AM (#46355733)

You are not alone, because the entire concept of announcing life events on social media has always been weird to me.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by nunobrito on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:34AM (#46352587)

She was unable "see" the divorce coming. That is one of the key sentences, therefore the need to explicitly announce the intention.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by ryanjshaw on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:55AM (#46352736)

People looking for emotional support from friends and family during an emotionally draining event?

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by throw-12-16 on Monday December 22, 2025 @05:00AM (#46352754)

On social media?

Unlikely.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by saubeidl on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:20AM (#46352496)

Divorcees.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by throw-12-16 on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:22AM (#46352506)

Is it like a gender reveal where they pop a balloon that says "I cheated!"?

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by nusl on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:30AM (#46352564)

did you read the article?

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by throw-12-16 on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:43AM (#46352644)

kind of hard to do when the site is unreachable

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by nusl on Monday December 22, 2025 @11:55AM (#46355881)

Site has been perfectly reachable. Regardless, commenting on pure headlines is a waste of everyone's time. Read the article, or don't comment.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by throw-12-16 on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:46PM (#46357283)

thanks dad

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by tectec on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:27AM (#46352535)

Did you read the article?

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by throw-12-16 on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:32AM (#46352580)

No, the site is unreachable

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by aspenmayer on Monday December 22, 2025 @07:13AM (#46353545)

https://archive.is/ue4An

https://web.archive.org/web/20251222092511/https://eiratanse...

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by jaffa2 on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:37AM (#46352606)

Attention seekers. Narcissistsz. The whole post has so many red flags. No wonder the husband asked for a divorce.

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by b3lvedere on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:53AM (#46352711)

I can't image everyone posting on the socials has to be such huge attention seekers or narcisssits. Are they all really that?

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by jaffa2 on Monday December 22, 2025 @01:56PM (#46357420)

Well ask yourself why they post? Also did you read the article? Not only did this woman post it online she cross posted it to a littany of online services. Who, exactly, is she informing?

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by lynx97 on Monday December 22, 2025 @04:45AM (#46352661)

And now, thanks to "AI", this "hot divorcee" even made it onto HN. I am glad for her this "brutal" event transformed into something positive. /s

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by PunchyHamster on Monday December 22, 2025 @09:07AM (#46354208)

...on instagram

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Re:I announced my divorce on Instagram and then AI impersona... by monerozcash on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @08:33AM (#46365196)

The actual post in TFA was actually much less weird than I expected from a "divorce announcement".

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