AI content has completely killed my trust in creators and i don't think there's any going back.

I used to follow creators because i felt like i actually knew them. Their opinion felt real. their stories felt personal. Even their mistakes felt genuine. Now i scroll and i genuinely cannot tell what's real anymore.

Is this caption written by them or ChatGPT? Is this "personal story" actually their experience or a prompt they fed an AI? Did they actually think this opinion or did they ask an AI what performs well this week?

The worst part is AI content often performs better. better hooks, better structure, more optimised. So creators are being literally rewarded for being less human, I don't blame creators entirely. The platforms built an environment where authenticity gets punished and optimisation gets rewarded. But something has been lost. I miss following someone and actually believing what they posted was real.

Am i being dramatic or has anyone felt this shift?

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Primary-Worry7975•2 months ago•3

People posted fake stories, lies and annoying crap made to keep your attention since beggining of social media

Special_Surprise_657•2 months ago•2

not dramatic at all. i work in marketing and i feel this constantly even knowing exactly how the sausage is made

the thing that gets me is you can feel the difference even when you can't prove it. like something is slightly off. too clean. too structured. the hook lands but nothing after it does

i think what's actually dying is parasocial trust. that feeling of "i know this person" was always a bit of an illusion but ai has made it a complete one

the creators i still actually follow are the ones who are visibly messy. wrong takes, unfinished thoughts, typos. not because that proves they're human but because it proves they're not optimising everything

weirdly the path forward for real creators is probably to be more unpolished not less

Exciting_Trifle_2742•2 months ago•1

I also feel this shift increasing much more recently - I feel like you’re not being dramatic at all! There’s a specific way of speaking that comes from AI and it feels strange to see more creators (of all sorts) kind of have this similar cadence too as they’re reading an AI generated script.. what I miss is the way people personally express and deliver their own messages that’s unique to them.

If they’re not using AI, I feel like everything has been even more hook driven than even a few years ago, specifically on TikTok. So I totally feel you on the loss of authenticity.

I know it’s always been there, but I feel like a majority of the content I get is like that now.. I also see it as (some not all) creators trying to survive under late stage capitalism.. to pay their bills and this is a sad cost of it.

artemis_silverarrow•2 months ago•1

If you think you ever "knew" creators, you need to reevaluate your life. They've always been faking it. They're entertainers. They've had assistants or social media interns to run their pages for years.
I don't like generative A. I. especially as a graphic designer but everyone is acting like this is new when it's not. Sure, it's being used on a larger scale but people have always lied on the internet for attention or entertainment. Using A. I. on social media really isn't any different.

Olivia_at_Kudzu•2 months ago•1

It's very hard to tell the difference these days. Some algorithms (like LinkedIn) will actually flag AI content and not show it as often. I hope there will be more regulations in the future with AI and SM, but most likely not!

Ok_Exercise3995•2 months ago•1

It's terribile ti trust someone and then you have only nothing. All of these AI are emptiness

igetyourbrand•2 months ago•1

💯 idk I posted I hate trump posts on LinkedIn and people just loved that

Fun-Emphasis4232•2 months ago•1

You are not being dramatic. The trust layer is genuinely broken now and it happened faster than anyone expected.

The thing that gets me is it is not even always obvious laziness. Some creators are using AI because they are burnt out, underpaid, and trying to keep up with an algorithm that demands constant output. So you end up with people who actually have something real to say but are packaging it in a way that feels hollow because that is what the system rewards.

The creators who stand out now are the ones who are almost aggressively unoptimised. Bad audio, rambling thoughts, unpolished edits. That stuff reads as human now specifically because it could not have come from a prompt.

The platform built this problem and is not going to fix it. The only real answer is the same thing it has always been which is finding the small channels before they grow, following people in spaces where AI content does not perform well, and accepting that the mid to large creator tier is probably never going back to what it was.

Independent-Ant-7230•2 months ago•1

you’re not being dramatic, a lot of people feel this shift

the issue isn’t really ai itself, it’s how it’s being used. when everything starts sounding polished and similar, it loses that rough, human feel people connected with before

but at the same time, the creators who still sound like themselves stand out more now. you can usually tell when something has a real voice behind it

ai didn’t kill trust, it just made it more obvious who actually has something to say and who’s just optimizing content

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