AI Text Walls Are Killing Real Conversations Online
HN is roasting AI-generated walls of text flooding real conversations — and builders need to hear why this is a product problem, not just a vibe.
The signal: Hacker News is lighting up over people throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations — and the community is done with it.
Why it matters: If you’re shipping any product with AI-generated output, this is a direct warning shot. Users can smell the paste-from-ChatGPT move instantly, and it’s torching trust faster than any bad feature ever could.
The pattern I’m watching: We’re hitting peak AI slop fatigue — the same cycle we saw with SEO content farms, but compressed into 18 months. Google’s so-called “Antigravity” bait-and-switch is trending the same day for the same reason: people are exhausted by systems that overpromise and underdeliver with volume instead of value.
What I’d do with this: If your product generates text that users share or communicate with, build a friction layer — even a light one — that forces a human edit before it goes out. The builders who win the next 24 months won’t be the ones who generate the most; they’ll be the ones who taught their tools when to shut up.
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