{"slug": "why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated", "title": "Why do so many comments here Feel AI-Generated?", "summary": "A developer observes that many online comments appear AI-generated, citing polished but vague compliments, repeated sentence structures, and frequent em dashes as telltale signs. The developer questions whether such comments stem from genuine engagement or are posted for visibility and badges, while acknowledging the irony of their own post seeking engagement.", "body_md": "I have used AI tools quite a lot for writing, so I have started noticing certain patterns: polished but vague compliments, repeated sentence structures, overly balanced phrasing, and the occasional suspiciously enthusiastic “Great insights!”.\n\nI absolutely hate the frequent em dashes \"—\", which screams AI-generative text. (happy hunting).\n\nOf course, none of these things prove that a comment was written by AI. Plenty of people naturally write this way (not that I know any of them), and many others may use AI simply to improve their grammar or express themselves more clearly.\n\nBut it does make me wonder:\n\nAre people genuinely reading posts and responding because they have something to say?\n\nOr are some comments being generated mainly for visibility, engagement, badges, or profile activity?\n\nI don’t think using AI to help write a comment is necessarily bad. I do it too, I see the benefit of it. The real issue is whether the person behind the comment actually reads the post and do they mean what they write ?\n\nAnd yes, absolutely, I am fully aware of the irony.\n\nThe main purpose of this post is also visibility and engagement.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated", "canonical_source": "https://dev.to/ravipurohit1991/why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated-5h16", "published_at": "2026-07-10 17:49:04+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-10 18:14:58.170495+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "generative-ai", "ai-ethics"], "entities": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/why-do-so-many-comments-here-feel-ai-generated.jsonld"}}