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Hopefully this post is allowed, particularly given the wide span of how many forums are owned by VerticalScope these days it seems likely that this cancer is going to spread further still. There was a previous thread about the TOS being updated to allow this.
So basically, the forum added a big ol' link to a "Celestion Speakers comparison" to this guy's post, without asking:
The article itself is your typical AI scrape and rephrase, although the text is basically nonsense:
Around #100, OP notices what's happened:
And post #103 notes that there's quite a lot of it now.
So yeah, that's where we're at now. It's a particularly hamfisted implementation, but really it figures this was bound to happen sooner or later. I've been on a variety of VerticalScope forums and they're already poorly run with general disregard for the properties and the people using them. But all of the forum content has already been sucked into the big chatbots so it only figures that some sites would try to claw back some of it with AI SEO bait. Lord knows TGP had its problems before, but this? This is absolutely a red line to me in term of participating in any way at all.
So basically, the forum added a big ol' link to a "Celestion Speakers comparison" to this guy's post, without asking:
Celestion Peacekeeper Impressions/Reviews
Editor's Note: For a complete walkthrough, see our guide to the Celestion Speakers Comparison — with in-depth analysis, setup tips, and real-world feedback from The Gear Page community. I've only spent about an hour or two with it, so these are just my right out of the box impressions. I've...
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Celestion Speakers Comparison: G12H30 vs Peacekeeper Guide | The Gear Page
Choosing the right Celestion speaker or attenuator? Our definitive guide compares G12H30 variants and the Peacekeeper for optimal tone and volume management.
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Celestion Peacekeeper Impressions/Reviews
Seriously! WTF is that! They just took everything I wrote, and created a creepy AI version of the thread! Moderators, please explain this! And if you could remove it from the thread, I'd very much appreciate it. Lets let readers read people's actual thoughts that they took the time to share...
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So yeah, that's where we're at now. It's a particularly hamfisted implementation, but really it figures this was bound to happen sooner or later. I've been on a variety of VerticalScope forums and they're already poorly run with general disregard for the properties and the people using them. But all of the forum content has already been sucked into the big chatbots so it only figures that some sites would try to claw back some of it with AI SEO bait. Lord knows TGP had its problems before, but this? This is absolutely a red line to me in term of participating in any way at all.
