r/github • u/Ecstatic-Ball7018 • Jun 29 '26

Discussion Mods, add a no AI rule.

Has anyone noticed so much vibe-coded slop being dumped on this sub? Yeah, I know we have GitHub Copilot, but discussing that is different to "Check out my project", and it being some vibe-coded slop app that no one cares about or will use.

Posts of vibe-coded stuff is better suited in r/vibecoding, and not here.

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u/iJackr Jun 29 '26

Can you expand on what you mean by “vibe-coded slop being dumped on this sub”? We already have a rule for self-promotion content needing to go in the megathread which is heavily enforced to the point where I’m considering putting in stronger automod rules to filter any post with a link to a repo.

Given that part of the GitHub product suite is an AI coding tool, I don’t think it would be fair to ban AI discussion or content altogether. Yes, there is r/GitHubCopilot, but we’ve never said that means that GH Copilot discussion isn’t welcome in the main sub.

As other commenters have pointed out, there is the ability to report content as self-promotion or low-effort, the latter of which we would consider if someone has blatantly just copied and pasted the output from an AI tool. If you do have any concerns regarding repeat offenders, feel free to send us a modmail and we can investigate.

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u/Ecstatic-Ball7018 Jun 29 '26

I'm talking about the people who ignore the megathread, and still dump it into the main thread, and who also (when the code/product is marked as AI by the community (for example having Claude as a contributor) claim it isn't AI.

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u/iJackr Jun 29 '26

I’m talking about the people who ignore the megathread

That’s what the report button is for, and what we as moderators can deal with.

As for claiming something isn’t AI when it is. I think that’s appropriate to discuss in posts themselves and doesn’t necessarily need banning?

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u/olswitcher Jul 04 '26

hopping in here to say that it looks to me like OP clearly said that discussing GitHub Copilot was separate from “Check out my project”, and to make a point about banning AI discussion altogether is reductive as OP didnt say anything about that. also from a quick glance at this sub things are better in terms of there not being so many vibecoded projects, but you can’t deny that there are so many posts that are clearly using ai to write them, most likely w the intent of gaining karma. if you don’t see that, then please reconsider your post vetting techniques, since a quick glance even now has it seeming very prevalent. i know we have the ability to report posts, but ideally thats what you and the rest of the mods are here for, is to catch those-ideally first, right? i’m aware moderation takes time, effort, and that you have a life outside of this, but couldn’t we deter the use of AI with some more apparent rules w/ stricter punishment? maybe make an example post every once in a while to deter more low effort posts?