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> And honestly even if I did use an LLM to write a comment on HN, so what? The code is what matters.

Part of what makes these forums fun is human responses. LLMs write "good enough" text but they come off as robotic and inhuman. The only reason to go onto one of these forums is to communicate with people. If I wanted to talk to a robot, I would talk to ChatGPT, which I can do as often as I want.

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I get the concern, but there’s a spectrum.

Using an LLM to polish grammar vs. having it generate opinions wholesale are different things.

I'm not necessarily saying that you used an LLM, but em dashes aren't used that often when regular people are typing. I use Grammarly all the time and they've never suggested that I add an em dash, and it's often a sign of a low-effort "ask ChatGPT for a response to this comment".

Again, not necessarily saying that's what you did, just that that's the red flag.

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