Users can't stop ChatGPT's staccato output style — a formatting bug that's persisted since 2024
Apple_macOS · reddit · 2026-10-20
A Reddit user vents about ChatGPT's stubborn "staccato" output style — choppy one-line sentences, dramatic pauses, repeated takeaways. Custom instructions, memories, and preferences all fail to fix it, and reports of this behavior date back to 2024. The author argues it's a communication problem, not just formatting, and notes Claude reads much better.
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