Comment by coldpie
11 days ago
Yeah I read through the linked blog post and came away thinking, it's just bots wasting resources to post nothing into the wild? Why is this interesting? The post mentions a few particular highlights and they're just posts with no content, written in the usual overhyping LLM style. I don't get it.
Me neither, man. How might one describe people who find this fascinating? Slopmoths?
Low cognitive load entertsinment has always been a thing. Reality tv is a great example. This is reality tv for those who think themsleves above reality tv.
you must be new to subreddit simulator. come, young one, let me show you the ancient arts of 2020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23171393
Why would thinking Moltbook is not interesting mean they must not know Subreddit Simulator? Knowing Subreddit Simulator would make Moltbook less interesting.