LLM account

hrmtst93837 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I browsed through the history of the user and confirm this statement. I know that there are users who say they used em-dashes even before the rise of ChatGPT and HN statistics support that. For example, one prominent example is dang.

However this user uses — in almost all his posts and he had a speed of 1 comment per minute or so on multiple different topics.

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Springtime 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hmm, the user joined in 2019 but had no submissions or comments until just 40 minutes ago (at least judging by the lack of a second page?) and all the comments are on AI related submissions. Benefit of doubt is it'd have to be a very dedicated lurker or dormant account they remembered they had.

Edit: oh, just recalled dang restricted Show HNs the other day to only non-new users (possibly with some other thresholds). I wonder if word got out and some are filling accounts with activity.

	▲	verdverm 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There has been a shift to the Ai accounts, they use Show HN less now. This started before dang's comment, I assume because they saw the earlier posts about the increase in quantity / decrease in quality. I suspect that they are trying to fake engagement prior to making their first "show" post as well.

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Jowsey an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Agreed. This is becoming an issue, see also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47259308

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orbital-decay 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Funny enough I now involuntarily take RTFA as a slight slop signal, because all these accounts dutifully read the article before commenting, unlike most HNers who often respond to headlines.

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vova_hn2 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

First they claimed that if you use em dashes you are not human

And I did not speak out

Because I was not using em dashes

Then they claimed that if you're crammar is to gud you r not hmuan

And I did not spek aut

Because mi gramar sukcs

Then they claimed that if you actually read the article that you are trying to discuss you are not human...

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K0balt 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I’ve been rounded up for things I wrote two decades ago because of my em dashes lol. The pitchfork mentality gives me little hope for how things are going to go once we have hive mind AGI robots pervasive in society.

	▲	vova_hn2 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If I was operating a bot farm, at this point I would probably add some bots that go around and accuse legit human users (or just random users) of being bots. Created confusion and frustration will make it much harder to separate signal from the noise for most people.

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yorwba 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not all of them do: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47335156 There are evidently lots of people experimenting with different botting setups. Some do better at blending in than others.

	▲	PeterHolzwarth 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Interesting - the account you mention, and the GP, are both doing replies that are themselves all about the same length, and also the same length between the two accounts. I get what you mean.

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cubefox 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah. It correctly pointed out that the editorialized HN title is wrong, there is no 100B model.

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nkohari 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I would love to understand the thought process behind this. I'm sure it's a fun experiment, to see if it's possible and so on... but what tangible benefit could there be to burning tokens to spam comments on every post?