"My mom watches AI slop soap operas on Facebook Reels on repeat — and defends them"
mallow610 · x · 2026-09-12
X user mallow610 laments that his mother binge-watches fully AI-generated soap operas on Facebook Reels on repeat — and earnestly argues to him why they're good. A vivid anecdote of how AI slop has penetrated mainstream feeds via recommendation algorithms, and what that means for everyday media consumption.
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