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This slop era is going to end so quickly. Churning out empty bullshit that nobody wants is only profitable until the algorithm exploit is patched. This was true in the SEO era, this was true in the You-Won't-Believe-What-Happened-Next Facebook optimization era, it will be true in the slop era too.

kottke.org@kottke.org

“Podcast sloplords” are flooding the zone with AI-generated podcasts. By one count, almost 40% of new podcasts are written by AI chatbots and presented by “AI voice synthesizers [that] can sound eerily humanlike”. [futurism.com]

futurism.comApproaching Half of New Podcasts Appear to Be AI SlopNew data shows that nearly half of new podcasts show signs of being AI-generated, with some companies churning out thousands of AI podcasts.

7/5/26, 2:10 pm12 reposts76 likes

Moonlit Trickster | D. C. Sheldon

@moonlittrickster.bsky.social

no one wants any of this... it's beyond overs saturation ... it's a wave of nonsense that makes anything worthwhile almost impossible to find...

@jessethorn.bsky.social

I mean that Facebook optimization era ended with the destruction of the web publishing industry

Sexy Devonian Stone

@devonianstone.bsky.social

if only there was one weird trick for this