Users miss the old Claude that used emojis: newer versions turn oddly poetic
JoshuaJosephson · reddit · 2026-09-07
A Reddit user laments that Claude stopped using emojis about six months ago, replaced by unnecessarily poetic comments and overly artistic, complex code. They wonder whether older interleaved thinking was really this bad, and ask for samples comparing Opus 4.5 through 5 on the same tasks or prompts, and for sites hosting such comparisons.
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