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0 pointsmanuelmoreale1mo ago0 comments

> I often zone out as soon as I expect I'm reading slop and that's the reason try to ensure my own writing isn't slop adjacent.

And how is this a problem someone else has to address? Some people zone out when they see a text is too long: are we supposed to only publish short form then? I have 10 years of writing on my site, if someone in 2026 sees my use of em dashes and suddenly starts thinking that my content is AI generated that's their problem, not mine.

Too many people are willingly bending to adapt to what AI companies are doing. I'm personally not gonna do it. Because again, now it's em dashes, tomorrow it could be a set of words, or a way to structure text. I say fuck that.

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AlecSchueler1mo ago

> And how is this a problem someone else has to address?

Where has anyone made the claim that it is?

> Some people zone out when they see a text is too long: are we supposed to only publish short form then?

No, but a good writer will generally consider if their text is needlessly verbose and try to make it palatable to their audience.

> starts thinking that my content is AI generated that's their problem, not mine.

If you want to reach them with your writing then it might become a problem. Obviously the focus on em dashes alone isn't enough but it's undoubtedly one of the flags.

> Too many people are willingly bending to adapt to what AI companies are doing.

It's bending rather to what readers are feeling. It's not following the top down orders of a corporation, it's being aware of how technology shapes readers' expectations and adapting your writing to that.

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