u/BringerOfSocks

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We’re getting more and more AI bot posts in this subreddit but I’m not as good as many of you are at clocking them. I usually go look at the profile for comments but if they have hidden their past comments and posts then (on iOS) it will look like they’ve never made any - even though karma indicates that they have and the account is over a year old.

To what extent do regular contributors hide their profiles? How much can I rely on checking for comments?

Some indicators that I know to look for:

- new account

- account name doesn’t look like something a real contributor would choose

- no comments (but see caveat about hidden comments)

- mentions a specific product in a way that seems awkward or unnatural (like Kopiko in a K-Drama)

What am I missing? I feel like I miss the AI-ness most of the time until I read comments. Educate me, please. I don’t want to be this naive anymore.

I don’t use AI for writing text so I think I don’t know as many of the tells since I don’t have as much personal experience. I’ve only been using it for code for about a month.

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u/BringerOfSocks — 8 days ago