Increase in emotive/ obvious answer posts. AI?? Trolls??

[Onwardsandupwards3]

Is it just me or have there been more posts recently where the answer seems obvious to most responders but the OP continues to be woefully ignorant of it?
In general they are fairly well written, often quite long.
I am suspicious about the origin of them.
Mumsnet, do you have any thoughts?

Yes I’ve noticed that too. I’m reluctant to post when the OP doesn’t seem genuine. So overall this means I am less likely to contribute.

So many troll threads tonight. I don’t know why people engage with them.

please let the rest of us credulous and easily duped ones know!

I’ve reported them to MN so you don’t need to worry

Hi @Onwardsandupwards3 thanks for posting. We can’t always tell whether someone’s using AI, or why, and long posts and a refusal to take apparently obvious advice certainly predate ChatGPT on the Talk boards!

Our approach is to allow people within reason to use AI to help put their thoughts into words, while still expecting them to engage genuinely with other posters. Where someone is churning out generated text or clearly here to wind people up, we’ll generally intervene - and we don’t need to identify the software involved to recognise disruptive behaviour.

As always, the best route is to report anything you think is off and we can take a look at the wider picture. We won't always be able to establish what's going on but we do take all your reports seriously and give each one its due consideration.

The easiest way to tell is that the OP of the bombshell either never returns to engage with the hundreds of replies, or the style of writing and SPAG on their subsequent posts bears little resemblance to the original one.

Oh yes, and ignore anybody whose chief aim in life appears to be posting links to controversial articles in the Guardian.

They need to do something about the people with multiple accounts

Don't you mean The Telegraph?

No. 😂That and the DM links seem to be posted by your ordinary right-wing posters and the occasional journalist, all of which I obviously ignore.

For some odd reason it's the OP's who share links (mostly to survey results and opinion polls) in the Guardian who I trust the least.

I think that says more about you, to be honest!

What - that I wouldn't read the Daily Mail if it were the last newspaper on Earth? You're not wrong.😁