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   Cat (cat_lefey@pagan.plus)'s status on Friday, 08-Aug-2025 00:23:22 JST Cat

   I read a lot of books. Like, a lot. I've read 148 books so far this year. This means I read many indie authors, and I'm willing to give unknown authors or unrated books a chance.

   But LLMs are ruining everything. I've accidentally started reading 2 "AI" books in just the past month. It's the repetition that gives them away. Whole paragraphs that repeat word for word only a few pages apart. Also, the glaring continuity errors, like in one scene the character mentions a brother, but then a chapter later they're an only child.

   It's just so frustrating because I know that new authors rely on those first few reviews for their book to even show up on searches, but now I'm reluctant to try. I've been sticking to authors I know, and even some of those are showing hints of using AI for their covers. And if the cover is AI art, they're obviously fine with plaigerism, so they probably used AI to write some of it too.

   Godsdamned techbros have even managed to interfere with my love of cheesy gay romance novels! Is nothing sacred?!

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     GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) (greenskyoverme@ohai.social)'s status on Friday, 08-Aug-2025 00:38:51 JST GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)

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     @Cat_LeFey Here is a gay one written by a real person https://www.amazon.com/Melded-Jennie-Elaine/dp/1964893046