The revolt of the reader: why LLM-written posts get authors blocked on sight
birchlse · x · 2026-09-06
Gergely Orosz boosts Bryan Cantrill's essay The Revolt of the Reader, on why using LLMs to write emails, articles, and posts makes people hostile enough to block you — or your whole domain — permanently. Cantrill argues readers see AI-generated text as a waste of their attention, and the backlash is turning into a full-blown reader revolt. Orosz counts himself among those deeply hostile to AI slop.
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