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Re:AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities by iammjm on Friday May 08, 2026 @02:02AM (#48059180)
This is fucked and I hate it. Internet is (was?) about convenience and direct access. I understand there are challenges that need solutions, but this ain’t it
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Re:AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities by intended on Friday May 08, 2026 @02:14AM (#48059277)
> was

Yep. Was.

This isn’t the internet you grow up on. This is an internet scoped for bots and organizations.

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Re:AI Slop Is Killing Online Communities by GJim on Friday May 08, 2026 @06:07AM (#48061011)
> Internet is (was?) about convenience and direct access.

Was.

Maybe you are to young to remember the (pre-spam) days when it was polite to leave your SMTP server open for others to use?

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