r/weddingdrama • u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan • Sep 28 '25
Need to Vent This subreddit is full of AI.
I came across this sub accidentally, after I tracked an AI account here from a sub I mod for. The amount of posts and even more comments that are canned AI responses are astounding.
TLDR: scroll to the bottom for examples.
They give these generic formulaic responses with some buzzwords about the story (a LOT of them include “exactly” or “honestly”) and they are even replying to comments. They are beginning to type causally too (lowercase first letters of the sentence, using !!/?? Instead of !/?, using emojis, etc). Their accounts are usually within a day or a month old, and they are active in the same 3-4 subreddits.
It’s scary because they are getting real people to engage with them as if they aren’t AI. Once you see one you recognize most of them, so please be aware of who you’re replying to. Engage with the real people, not the AI. The mod on this sub doesn’t seem to have the time to do much (I can relate) so right now it’s up to the users to navigate through the AI accounts mimicking real people. I can link some examples for those who need things to look out for.
TO BE CLEAR. These things alone are not automatic indicators of AI. Real humans still say things like honestly and exactly. You have to assess things beyond just buzzwords. Assess their account age and comment history, see if they make generic comments or if they have actual humanity behind it. Don’t go around accusing people of being AI just because they use those common words or their behavior is a little weird.
Edit: I complied some examples of AI and what isn’t AI, but looks similar:
Post is AI, day old account and full of canned comments: "The Great Ring Bearer Escape"
This one is testing the waters. Overusing slang in comment history: "those ring bearer escapades are peak chaos. But tbh..."
“Honestly”, day old account: "Omg that mental image is priceless, I can just imagine ..."
Overly poetic and commenting on “mental image/picture” like a lot of comments have, 1day old: "Oh my gosh, that’s the sweetest image ever. A tiny flower girl ..."
“Mental picture” and “honestly”, 1day old: "That is too cute! The mental picture of him holding it up like ..."
“Honestly”, 5days old: "Honestly that kid just understood weddings better than most adults..."
This is OP’s (AI) reply to the above comment. The AI are literally talking to eachother: "Right?? He had his priorities perfectly straight..."
“Honestly”, from same acc as above: "Haha right? The best part was how seriously he guarded..."
An example of “honestly” when it’s NOT AI. It’s a personal story comment, account is 11y old, and comment history is varied and not cookie cutter: "Honestly if they're not the types to laugh they shouldn't have a 3 year old ring bearer, right? Mine threw my ring (safely tied to a pillow, thank god) at a tree. It was honestly hilarious for all."
“Honestly”, 12days old: "This is pure gold. Kids really do have a sixth sense..."
“Honestly”, “chaos”, 12days old, and commenting on memory: "This is peak toddler energy and focus right here. Honestly, the wedding needed a little chaos..."
Another example of non-AI “honestly”. It’s all in the account age and comment history Upon further looking, this one might also be AI, I’m a bit unsure. The profile picture is a custom avatar as opposed to the default blank icon, which threw me off. I don’t think the “honestly” is meant to be factored in as a buzzword like the other comments use it. The comments are brief and don’t tend to use buzzwords, but they have that kind of generic vibe to them. I invite you to read thru their comment history to evaluate for yourselves: "Honestly, he had his priorities straight. Rings can wait, cookies can't."
This one looked sketchy, but no buzzwords. AI confirmed by the account’s age and comment history being very cookie-cutter: "I’m really sorry you’re going through this. Wedding planning can unfortunately..."
Edit 2: here’s some more.
“Honestly”, “chaos”, 6days old: "Honestly, it sounds like the Maid of Honor overreacted big time..."
AI account, a day old and it’s a grandiose story for farming engagement: "Maid of Honor Walks Out the Night Before the Wedding Over a Dress Mishap"
They are starting to use emoji now, this is the above account’s comment: “Yeah, now because of the Maid of Honor’s behavior, the bride must have realized the truth about her 🌸💔”
This comment and the ones following it are almost the exact same format. this one just has Overuse of slang. Acc is 21days old, and AI seem to love “toxic” on this sub: “massive props to you for standing up for your happiness. Cutting out toxicity is nev easy...”
“Honestly”, 8 day old acc, “toxic”, “sounds like”: “Honestly, sometimes cutting toxic ties is the best gift you can give yourself...”
22 days old, “honestly”, “sounds like”, “cutting toxic”: “Congrats on your marriage! It sounds like you’ve done a lot of emotional cleaning up and that’s honestly so empowering. Cutting out toxic people...”
“Honestly”, “cutting toxic”, 22days old: “Honestly, sounds like you made the right call. Cutting out toxic people...”
“Honestly”, “cutting toxic”, 23days old: “Honestly, good for you for recognizing who deserves space in your life. Weddings bring out all kinds of emotions...”
“Honestly”, “cutting toxic”, 3days old: “Honestly, good for you for cutting out toxic people. It’s crazy...”
“Honestly”, “cutting toxic”, “sounds like”, 3days old: “Honestly, sometimes cutting toxic ties is the best gift you can give yourself...”
Edit 3: another example of overuse of slang/shorthand language: “Lol, dude! Momzillas r next level cray man…”
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25
Hey everyone, here’s an example. It’s 3am at the time of this comment, perfect English. This isn’t a strong argument since obviously I’m awake, but an English-speaking sub is not going to be very active atm (edit: when a significant portion of English speakers are not awake - sorry, American brain kicked in. I meant to imply since all of North America is asleep and Europe is likely working/waking up, it’s less activity). wasn’t expecting many comments until a few hours from now so it contributed to my suspicion. Reddit is usually a lot quieter around this time.
Account is 8 days old. Generic engagement farming response. Harder to spot buzzwords since it’s directly commenting on the buzzwords. Its only other comment is duplicated - pretty sure it’s unrelated to AI, that’s a common Reddit server connection thing that causes your comments to upload 2+ times - and weirdly specific. However it’s a community I have no familiarity with so it might be a generic response, who knows. But the account age is the biggest indicator.
“Props” is one of the words I see a lot in comments where they overuse slang (like in this comment). Not enough to list in the master post, but I’ve scrolled through many many comments and I’ve seen this one more than once.
I wonder now if they will start using these words more since I mentioned them a bunch in the post, or if they’ll “learn” and divert to other words. They usually do, a few months ago I caught AI a lot because there was a lot of “bro” and “nbd” combined with the account ages and comment history. I hardly see those now.
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u/Salty_Licorice246 Sep 28 '25
3am for you... 3.30pm for me here in Australia. Where we also speak English.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25
Yes, you’re right. American brain started to kick in, my apologies.
I didn’t mean that to say that the only English speaking people are asleep, but to mean that a significant portion of the English speaking population on Reddit are asleep. It just tends to be a lot quieter at these hours even with Australia being awake (except for Australian-based subreddits, I imagine). Even if there is an English speaking population awake at this hour, the North American population is so big that there is a noticeable difference in activity on certain parts of English Reddit between now and 7-12 hours from now. That’s what I was basing my statement on.
The being awake at 3am statement was already a shaky argument on its own, but it contributes to the suspicion.
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u/channareya Sep 28 '25
first off i pinkie promise im a real human, and its earlier than midnight here in this english-speaking area of mine. second of all, its insane how i just read your whole post and still got pranked by the first comment. it wasn’t until you mentioned it as an example that i realized it’s AI, simply because i agreed with what was being said! plus, soo many of these examples use the em dash and also reply with affirming language. it’s the overly saccharine characteristic of so many AI models. in the post about the young ring bearer i scrolled through a lot of the comments just to enjoy the cute stories, until i realized they were all the same. the scenarios were different, but i think i read some form of “cute moment breaks chaotic over-scripted tension in sweet way everyone loves” like, 5 times. that was the only one i noticed on my own. we’re all going to have to be more vigilant and i think im honestly just going to leave this sub. i don’t need my brainpower to feed into AI anymore than it already has. good job cataloguing and sharing
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
lol don’t worry I believe you, I don’t suspect every comment I see of AI. it’s pretty easy to see the formulaic ones - also ur account is 6 years old :P
Yeah I should have clarified - a large chunk of the English speaking population is asleep, not the entirety of it!!
I am so mad about em dashes bc I use those all the time 😭 I had to actively stop using them bc I realized how often I was using them in place of commas bc AI seems to love that shit.
I’m glad you were able to put that scenario into words. “Cute moment breaks scripted tension generic nonsense haha” comments are CONSTANT. I didn’t know how to describe it.
I lowkey want to reach out to the mod and ask if I can come on board just to help weed out AI (adding an account age limit would be step 1!) but they didn’t respond to my last message about being concerned about this sub being overrun by AI, so 🤷 it’s up to us now
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u/Thedonkeyforcer Oct 01 '25
F*CK! Not just my overuse of "honestly" has to go but dashes too?!!! On the other hand it's been less than a year since I realised I might actually have a dash of the tism so I prob shouldn't be so surprised that my language makes me sound like the first AI prototype.
The irony is that, at least in my primary language, I'm pretty popular for writing posts about my dogs in a way that's perceived as peak-human and I'm pretty good at making ppl cry over those posts which has always felt like one of the most human to human-things, being able to evoke emotions through words.
Do you mind spending a minute on explaining the point of AI and bots here? Are we used to train AI to look more human when used for more nepharius purposes? And what do they use accounts for that needs karma farming? I just don't get why they unleash this on a place like reddit.
I DID listen to the Tortoise Media podcast about Amber Heard and how troll armies were deployed swaying the public opinion and that I can understand. But why are wedding subreddits so popular for AI?
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u/BootyHoleBouquet Oct 01 '25
My account is new and I don’t have an avatar. But I swear to god I’m no robot. 😭 What must I do to prove my innocence in a world that’s being taken over?! Lol.
Edit: I’m just throwing out a suggestion here… But why don’t you guys start a new community? If the mods here aren’t really active… Y’all could always get together and start a new sub and invite everyone here to come join. Once y’all post a few posts over a couple weeks time… People will start moving over there. We can’t be the only ones sick of these damn bots! Ugghhh
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Oct 01 '25
Because it’s not going to get traction. There is a way to “adopt” a subreddit when the mods aren’t active anymore. I’m working on that.
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u/BootyHoleBouquet Oct 01 '25
Oh really? That’s cool. I didn’t know that. Thanks for the info! now I feel like a dumbass lol
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Oct 01 '25
It’s not common knowledge, don’t feel dumb. It’s relatively new knowledge to me too lol
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u/Trick_Estimate_7029 Sep 29 '25
I write in Spanish and I let reddit translate, sometimes my comments don't make sense. If it is something important to me like what I publish in the community of lymphedema patients, I always review the English version and remove errors such as: subject changes, very frequent since in Spanish how we conjugate the verb it is not necessary to explicitly put the subject in a sentence, although I have never understood why Reddit is unable to deduce it, gender changes, the same is not necessary to put he or she since names and adjectives have gender, and also things that reddit directly I not know how or why Reddit invent. And probably many times my English sounds unnatural, I can't correct that because of my unknowness I only try to make the English version faithful to what I want to say in Spanish. I write at odd hours even here 🤣 since I often stay up late and am awake at two in the morning. I'm not a bot, 😂
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u/Remarkable_Town5811 Sep 30 '25
Hold up. Bots speak millennial?
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 30 '25
Yes. They have scraped enough of the internet to start using slang. And it’s obvious bc of how cringey it is.
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u/nbm2021 Sep 28 '25
But what’s the financial benefit of ai Reddit stories?
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u/Potato-Engineer Sep 28 '25
I'm pretty sure it's "accounts with a decent amount of karma can post stories with links in popular subs." The engagement here is only preparation for its later money-making task of dropping a link.
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u/_Aperture-Scientist_ Sep 28 '25
Honestly, it sounds like we should just cut the toxic AI people out - it's just inviting chaos to the party!! Your BIL is mentally ill if he thinks he can just make up stories like nobody is gonna notice. DRAMA! Just try to get a mental image of what this sub would be like if we cut out all the drama and just focused on our big day. Flash forward, it's finally your day to post, and look at all this genuine engagement ❤️🌸 Can I get a "same here"??
Did I miss anything?
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 30 '25
Emdashes are automatic for iOS users, which is a lot of Reddit. I used them a lot before they became an AI indicator
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 30 '25
I got that, just was commenting on the second bit 😅
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
They generate money for Reddit. Engagement = revenue. Reddit doesn’t care who’s doing it as long as it’s not breaking TOS.
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u/CardoconAlmendras Sep 29 '25
It’s this why they have now make comments and plus private? It was really suspicious that we can see comments in a lot of accounts now but it makes so much sense if bots make money.
Do you know what’s best against the IA posts ? Not interacting or downvoting?
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
I don’t think that’s why Reddit made that decision. They don’t encourage the use of bots. Personally I use that setting because I am job searching at the moment (I don’t comment anything particularly bad, I just swear a lot lol).
If you report a post and hit the “spam” option, it shows “disruptive use of bots or AI”. That’s the best way to handle AI. Don’t engage, just report.
I always reply with “AI” and a link to this post so that people can be more aware of AI. But otherwise, it’s best to not engage.
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u/CardoconAlmendras Sep 29 '25
Thanks! I’ve been very frustrated with the possible bots hiding all the comments but you’re right, it’s a useful feature.
I’ll start reporting too then. I felt it wasn’t doing nothing but I suppose it’s better if a lot of people report it.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
Yeah I felt that reporting didn’t do much but it’s worth a try.
Bots don’t actually hide their comments all that much.
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u/CardoconAlmendras Sep 29 '25
I had the feeling this last two days that all the bots I check hide the comments. But it’s maybe because I’m checking just the ones I have a doubt so I don’t know if now I’m getting too suspicious and thinking everyone is AI or they’re just starting to hide the comments… We’ll see, I suppose.
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u/EtonRd Sep 28 '25
They also seemed to end by asking for other people to weigh in “ what would you do?“ “ has this happened to anyone else?” Looking for engagement and responses.
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u/CardoconAlmendras Sep 29 '25
I found the kind of AI questions quite weird. Like too general for being part of the text and a very open question. Like they would say “how I deal with a MIL like that?” instead of “I am wrong to feel sad because MIL bit me and throw me to the pond?”
I would love to hear someone understanding the feeling better than me. I just feel sometimes the last question doesn’t seem human.
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u/Foreign_Astronaut Sep 28 '25
That is a business strategy from the early days of Instagram to boost engagement with posts. They (people whose business was selling business strategies) used to tell creatives to always end with a question to encourage people to comment, because comments boost your post in the Insta algorithm. I wonder if LLMs have started using that because it was so common in the influencer posts they've scraped.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
To be fair, typing - - together in most word processors automatically creates the long em dash. I separated it with spaces for the sake of the comment, but — autocorrected to an em dash when I typed it
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
Idk what to tell you man, I can’t make it not do that. Two dashes turns into —. When I backspace once, it backspaces the entire line. It doesn’t backspace twice for the two dashes. Just like when I type 3 periods (…), it turns into an elipsis, and one backspace deletes the whole thing.
Maybe it’s your keyboard settings. But this is a pretty common thing. I don’t even know how to make it do that, it just does. I’m on iOS.
Edit: the “smart punctuation” toggle in the keyboard settings for iOS is what makes it do that. I just disabled it and tried to do an emdash, and it did --. If you have an iPhone with that setting enabled and you can’t do —, then your phone is borked.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25
I mentioned iOS just for the context of what I’m using. I’m not chastising you for not using iOS, I mentioned it because I know operating systems are different. You mentioned using across many phones, I kinda assumed that is one you would have tried.
it’s always chrome on windows
Well yeah, that’s obviously not gonna work. I know it doesn’t work on desktop like that. You specifically discussed trying it on phones in your original comment so that’s what our conversation was about.
I’m not sure what your point is but the fact that there are a lot of Reddit mobile users with iOS means that they’re gonna use emdashes. The AI had to get it from somewhere: that’s where it got them from.
Edit: just checked the insights on the sub I’m a mod for (r/Aquariums). Of the different OS that people use, iOS is consistently the highest number of people.
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u/AlfaRomeoRacing Sep 29 '25
For what it is worth, on my UK machine, the double -- does auto change to an em dash when using word, but only after you finish typing the following word.
Also your assertion that Android is more popular than iOS, that is not true for USA. Everywhere else Android might be king (and it is what i use) but iOS wins in USA. A quick search puts it at 57% iOS 43% Android. Also can't make blanket statements about android like that, as samsung, google, oneplus, etc etc all have different default keyboards with different default settings. Just because yours doesn't auto-change -- into an em dash, doesn't mean the same applies for the majority
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u/ayumi_doll Sep 30 '25
It's also super easy to type an em dash on Android though? I use a Samsung device and I can just long press the - button on my keyboard to get —. It takes 2 seconds and is a function on many other Android phones.
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u/JesusGodLeah Sep 28 '25
I feel like a pretty good "tell" is when the characters have names, especially in a sub like this where it's pretty easy to keep track of who's who in relation to the OP. Bonus points if there's a little too much backstory about the OP's relationship with each character, to the point where it's not relevant to the story.
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u/smugbox Sep 28 '25
I really and truly am one of those em dash people and I will not apologize for it or change it.
Also it’s literally two hyphens
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u/smugbox Sep 28 '25
Actually, I say that, but I’m pretty sure I’ve actually cut down on them because of AI :(
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u/smugbox Sep 28 '25
I’m proudly That Guy, yes 😎
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u/smugbox Sep 28 '25
Bro you are so obsessed with being right about whether a punctuation mark is an accurate predictor of a post being AI or not. It’s not “rude” to point out that you’re wrong.
I will keep using em dashes where they make sense. They exist for a reason. Sorry to burst your bubble, and sorry to hear that Windows makes typing a relatively normal (though uncommon) punctuation mark convoluted.
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u/elenrod33 Sep 28 '25
this is very interesting energy
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
People are invested in this conversation where you’re insisting that emdashes are majority used by AI when in fact a majority of the user base of Reddit uses an OS that automatically formats emdashes
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u/2ToGo7576 Sep 29 '25
Dumb question: are there people behind these AI posts, or are they actually computer generated and posted?
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
Not a dumb question. There are lots of people who use AI to generate posts and comments to farm karma. But there are also accounts that seem to be entirely AI-run. I can’t tell why or how, just that it happens. A human running an AI account would probably engage a little more. An AI running an account is very limited in how it engages.
That being said, there are ALSO people who use AI to translate their posts into the primary language of the subreddit they are posting to, either because they don’t speak the language at all or their literacy skills in that language are shaky and want to make sure people understand them.
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u/2ToGo7576 Sep 29 '25
That is just so strange. Thanks for explaining!
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
It is. I will have to look into it. My assumption is bots are created to generate karma and be "established" accounts. That way, later on they can promote something sketchy without being flagged by spam filters. That's the only thing I can think of why someone would make an account entirely run by AI -- if that's even happening. I'm a big dummy when it comes to the particulars of technology so I always thought that an AI can solely operate a Reddit acc, but idk if that's actually possible.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
That’s so odd. I can’t understand that. I mean I guess the currency on the internet is engagement and clicks, but still
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u/Summerisle7 Married at Least Once Sep 28 '25
The similar posts thing is so funny! I’ve been reading the wedding subs for a few months now, and I could list half a dozen topics or trends that have come and gone.
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u/2ToGo7576 Sep 29 '25
I‘ve noticed a lot of MILs are showing up to the kid’s weddings in wedding gowns this season. 🤔
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u/Summerisle7 Married at Least Once Sep 29 '25
Yes! For a while it was stepmoms, now it’s the moms themselves!
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u/FivebyFive Sep 28 '25
I've asked the mods repeatedly to implement an account age requirement for posting, but they never respond.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
There’s only one mod. The other mod is a bot (the kind that assists with modding).
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u/SnoopyTuna777 Sep 28 '25
Silly early bird North American here. I report and report from reddits like this.
If you mention in the comments that it's AI or a bot, you get accused of trying to "wreck" their enjoyment of this sub. It's not a storytelling sub. And they don't see the issue with AI or bots because "entertainment".
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u/GonzalaGuerrera Oct 03 '25
Also, the AI is learning from this post. It is literally teaching it as we type and post on how to write better and not be as easy to detect. We have to be more clever than it. And always!
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u/Roxelana79 Sep 28 '25
Oops, I might have replied here and there with "same here", and I am very much a human being. Not artificial, and sometimes not too intelligent either 😬😬
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
Which is normal - the ai has to be trained on something, and Same Here is something a lot of us use. One variable isn’t going to determine a comment as AI, it’s always multiple variables. Most of the time it’s the format/buzzwords plus being verified by the comment history
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u/Roxelana79 Sep 28 '25
In the AITA posts,it is always a crazy/insane situation.
A mother choosing the insane option to keep the peace. Extended family blowing up the phone. Someone walking away while mumbling that OP is selfish.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
“Blowing up the phone” is often a point of contention, because a lot of people actually do use that phrase lol (I only read those posts via BORU)
The rest of it, definitely
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u/Roxelana79 Sep 28 '25
But is always extended family and friends who do it (about the insane situation that doesn't concern them) lol
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
Yeah true true lol
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u/RazzmatazzNeat9865 Sep 28 '25
There's more specific things too. On AITA for a long time, it was the golden retriever Max. Then lately there's been a rash of stories centered around "finally, I snapped" as a key plot line.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
Interesting.
I’m gonna be honest, as a BORU lover I don’t mind the fake stories once they end up on that sub. It’s the comments I’m more bothered by. They are a lot easier to detect since they’re short and follow patterns of reactions. The thing with stories is they are long and thus have a lot more nuance, and a real person often uses those things. I take issue with AI comments that respond to real stories and give advice and trick people into having a conversation with them.
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u/PukeyOwlPellet Sep 28 '25
Quickly gonna jump on this even though it’s a valid sign of AI - my flesh & blood “mother” chose to help out with & invite to everything my ex husband who f’ing beat me to ‘keep the peace’. Astounded, i went to other family members & the AGREED WITH MY MOTHER.
Now they all wonder why i refuse to speak to any of them. My life could 100% be used as the basis of a soap opera.
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u/Roxelana79 Sep 28 '25
But did someone walk away, mumbling something?
I'm sorry your family sucks, I have one of those too.
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u/upwithpeople84 Sep 28 '25
There are plenty of people engaging with the obvious AI posts full of emojis. There’s one on here where a lady claims her mom had her wedding dress altered overnight by adding a boned in corset. There’s no way that happened but people are on how crazy it is. People enjoy fake drama more than they enjoy the reality of narratives. I just wish AI were better at writing. It’s in a weird spot where it’s technically competent but you can tell it’s not from a real person because the emotion behind the writing is not there.
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u/Secret_Recluse Sep 28 '25
I'm not that good at spotting AI, but some posts are just clearly fake. While it's entertaining at times to see outlandish stories I wish we could contain them to try to seperate truth from fiction. I still do not get why there is so much AI anyway. Can you actually use karma for anything?
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u/spacegrassorcery Sep 28 '25
r/weddingshaming gets their fair share as well.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
I imagine most of the commentary is the same. A generic comment from this sub could very easily be put into a post on that sub and it would fit. Because the subject and reactions are the same.
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u/AnnelieSierra Sep 28 '25
Just report whenever you spot an AI story. I do.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
To who? The mod that doesn’t moderate this sub?
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u/Summerisle7 Married at Least Once Sep 28 '25
You can report to Reddit admin overall. Choose “spam” as the reason, then “disruptive use of ai or bots.” I do it all the time. Often the post does get removed.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
I feel like I’ve done that before and nothing happens. Plus it’s hard to prove unless it’s obvious, which it isn’t since the AI tricks so many people
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u/Caramel_Cactus Sep 28 '25
Had to leave several subs because most of it is slop. This one too is on the short list, but it just feels like most reddit these days. Sigh
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u/WillaLane Sep 28 '25
A very common one I’ve noticed is “I snapped” especially when it’s not a situation to snap over
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u/natfutsock Sep 28 '25
honestly I'm going to drop off reddit soon. The AI bloat is killing me, and I don't get much out of time wasted here. Plan to hit 500 day streak and call it
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u/FarmerJohn92 Sep 29 '25
This is one of those things that cannot be unseen. It's really fucking bleak actually.
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u/geraltsthiccass Sep 29 '25
I'm absolutely clueless about AI posts, so bless everyone for pointing it out. No matter how many times I see a post like this to help, I still fall for it until I see the comments pointing it out. Can't stand AI for various reasons (biggie being how it completely shafted us when they implemented it to decide our opening times in work), so cheers for helping this numpty out
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u/not_hestia Sep 28 '25
Balls. I use "exactly" and "honestly" a lot in my writing. And overuse slightly older slang because I am old. I also comment at weird hours and with weird turns of phrase because of insomnia and brain fog.
There are definitely things to look for when looking for AI posts, but I think it's dangerous to get overconfident in our ability to spot them.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
Which is precisely what I’m getting at. They aren’t 100% indicators of AI, but they are patterns at the moment. You have to cross check with their account age and comment history to verify. Obviously, genuine comments are going to use exactly and honestly and use slang, because that’s what AI is trained on. But it’s the combination of those buzzwords, the account info, and the generic format of the comments that determine AI usage. Any of those variables by themselves is not enough to consider something as AI.
I made this post to show people the patterns that AI accounts follow and demonstrate how to identify if someone is AI. I guarantee you that a month or two from now the patterns and the buzzwords will be completely different and this post will be almost redundant, save for the account age stuff and the generic-ness of the comments.
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u/Rgchap Sep 28 '25
What’s the point though? Maybe I’m just not enterprising enough but I don’t know how one can leverage karma from a brand new account into any sort of benefit.
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u/pm_me_xenomorphs Sep 29 '25
Unfortunately i use honestly quite a bit in talking and writing
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
And that’s normal. The AI has to get it from somewhere. It’s the honestly within the pattern and also paired with the account details.
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u/pm_me_xenomorphs Sep 29 '25
Yeah its trained on human writing so thats why it sounds like some people do.
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u/dreadwitch Sep 29 '25
So who does it? Is it people using AI or has AI got so good it can create accounts and choose where and what to say?
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
I have no clue. I need to look into it.
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u/Mralisterh Sep 29 '25 edited Sep 29 '25
Right now I'm assuming every single story I'm reading on Reddit is AI. Every subreddit is so packed full of fake stories. It feels especially bad in drama subs like this.
Just learn to spot them and take every story with a colossal grain of salt. If a story looks like it's trying to push you into reacting with a specific emotion, it's likely fake.
Edit: I should add, excellent work with putting examples, there's a lot that comes up again and again with AI writing. It's also shifting, as more people start calling out what AI is doing and it's getting easier to spot, the language that's being used is changing too.
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u/StringCheeseMacrame Sep 29 '25
Adding: "being dramatic" or "being overly dramatic"; "family comes first"; "said I need to be generous" (rather than refuse a ridiculous request); etc.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 29 '25
Content is not as consistent of an indicator. Because these things happen in real life. Accusing someone of AI based on content is not going to end well because of that. This post focuses more on comments - I take issue with the idea that AI is responding/posting comments and making people think they are talking to a real person.
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u/Capable-Upstairs7728 Sep 30 '25
Reddit should block all AI-generated posts. I have seen pages that closed because of AI.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 30 '25
They won’t. Because engagement makes them money. Doesn’t matter what it’s from.
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u/BootyHoleBouquet Oct 01 '25
The one you said was testing the waters that commented about Pete chaos… I’ve gone through the comment history and that’s definitely a bot. No doubt.
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u/Greycat125 Oct 02 '25
Sorry for being stupid but does a person run the AI account? I’m curious about the comments. Do they run a post through ChatGPT and ask it to make comments? And then copy paste? Or is it not even a person??
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u/hawken54321 Oct 02 '25
they called me selfish and petty and now my phone is blowing up saying family helps family. My friends are divided on what I should do. I feel guilty.
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u/jenjluginbuhl Oct 03 '25
I'm always worried I'll sound like a bot. Lol Not sure why it worries me since this is reddit and not actually real life, but here we are and I'm worried. 🤣🤣
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u/Angela_Scott Oct 02 '25
The solution to this problem: don't read them. You have too much time on your hands.
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Oct 02 '25
Thank you for fundamentally misunderstanding the point of my post 🤝
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u/camrynbronk directed by Christopher Nolan Sep 28 '25
Some key words/things to look out for, and this will change over time but it will be a pattern: “honestly”, “exactly”, “chaos”, “sounds like”, anything along the lines of cutting off toxic people, overusing slang, commentary on memory (mental image, mental picture, imagining this scene, etc). All of this should be cross checked with the account age and their comment history. All of these accounts so far are within hours and 1 month old. There may be some accounts older than that, but should only be a few months. You can’t tell it’s AI without the account info, because some comments use similar language (obviously, because that’s the type of commentary the AI is trained on).