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Peritractyesterday at 5:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

It's the exact same complaint as in the article:

> I started noticing patterns. The quality wasn't there. The descriptions had a templated, mechanical feel. And something subtler was missing: the excitement.

The article has mechanically correct prose; that's not the same as well-written, and that's the topic of the article itself.


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statementsyesterday at 5:57 PM

Conflicted as to whether I should be more offended at the accusation of using AI to 'filter' my article or because my writing reads as 'templated and mechanical'

There is enough here to have a micro existential crisis.

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warkdarrioryesterday at 7:50 PM

> The article has mechanically correct prose; that's not the same as well-written, and that's the topic of the article itself.

There is no requirement that an article's writing style aligns with the article's topic. Substance over style and all that.