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Comment by applfanboysbgon

5 days ago

> HNer gets a legal threat after saying that he didn't like a doctor: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44734895

This post is written by an LLM, and possibly a complete fabrication.

Yeah, I agree about the LLM part.

But can confirm from personal experience that businesses threaten to sue based on Google Maps reviews.

  • Let them sue then. Unless you lie in your review ("There was a used condom in my burger, 1 star"), nothing will happen.

  • Please don't use fabricated anecdotes in replacement for your own anecdotes. That doesn't make your argument more trustworthy but doesthe opposite.

    • If we’re talking about credibility, unfounded accusations of lying tend to harm the credibility of the accuser more than the accused.

A lot of people use LLMs to clean up their sloppy text. Not realizing how fake it makes them sound. non-native speakers lacking confidence in their English are a type of llm abuser. It doesn't necessarily make the content fake.