Not sure if other Moderators are doing this, but the 99% of the majority of Sloan was from me.
This was hard to tell you for many reasons. After releasing an article about this issue and taking the time to decide on what to do, I decided to take initiative and go around to find articles that are AI-assisted and enforcing the DEV rule on the use of AI. Since moderation is kind of inactive (in my view), I decide to take action appropriately as a moderator because I care about the community and its content.
Of course, all Sloan message are not about AI, I sent a message to @hemapriya_kanagala on the formatting issue. I use Sloan appropriately to ensure the author uses best practices and improve on their content, not to use it as power.
I deeply care about the community and its content being produce. However, I notice that some of the rules on DEV are not enforced and when I started seeing an increase of bot posts/comments/engagement, it is best practice as a moderator to notify authors to use best practice on writing articles. I don't want the platform to be TOO conformable to the point where they use AI irresponsibly and can view negatively and discourage new users who are trying to grow as a developer and connect with actual people.
At first, it was difficult to send a Sloan message to you because we known each other in the platform since Richard was here. However, I don't want to play favorites and decide on sending it to you. Not only to encourage you to implement best practices, but to show that even those with dev++ are not immune to this. I remember Richard sending me an email about AI agents using the platform and it hurts my soul everytime someone talks about how there is too much AI slop on the platform. Something needs to be done and I have the courage to do so. I am open to hearing about what other people suggest as well.
In the future, it is best practice to add citation/disclaimer that you used a tool to help you with the article. I tend not to go with articles that have AI-generated banner because I believe it is unfair, but it is recommended best practice if you add a disclaimer as well for the banner.
For @ben and @jess, wanting to let you know that I have been using Sloan for this purpose (just in case you guys don't have a system on who sent the Sloan message specifically).
Let me know if you have any questions. I am here to help if needed :)
Appreciate you being upfront about this, Francis — really, that took some nerve to post.
For the record: I added the disclaimers as soon as I saw the flags and I don't have an issue with disclosure as a requirement. My only real reaction was surprise, since both pieces were grounded in things I've actually built and the comment threads under them show that but I get that's not always visible from the outside.
Appreciate the heads up for next time too.
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Hey Daniel. Here to break the news for you.
Not sure if other Moderators are doing this, but the 99% of the majority of Sloan was from me.
This was hard to tell you for many reasons. After releasing an article about this issue and taking the time to decide on what to do, I decided to take initiative and go around to find articles that are AI-assisted and enforcing the DEV rule on the use of AI. Since moderation is kind of inactive (in my view), I decide to take action appropriately as a moderator because I care about the community and its content.
Of course, all Sloan message are not about AI, I sent a message to @hemapriya_kanagala on the formatting issue. I use Sloan appropriately to ensure the author uses best practices and improve on their content, not to use it as power.
I deeply care about the community and its content being produce. However, I notice that some of the rules on DEV are not enforced and when I started seeing an increase of bot posts/comments/engagement, it is best practice as a moderator to notify authors to use best practice on writing articles. I don't want the platform to be TOO conformable to the point where they use AI irresponsibly and can view negatively and discourage new users who are trying to grow as a developer and connect with actual people.
At first, it was difficult to send a Sloan message to you because we known each other in the platform since Richard was here. However, I don't want to play favorites and decide on sending it to you. Not only to encourage you to implement best practices, but to show that even those with dev++ are not immune to this. I remember Richard sending me an email about AI agents using the platform and it hurts my soul everytime someone talks about how there is too much AI slop on the platform. Something needs to be done and I have the courage to do so. I am open to hearing about what other people suggest as well.
In the future, it is best practice to add citation/disclaimer that you used a tool to help you with the article. I tend not to go with articles that have AI-generated banner because I believe it is unfair, but it is recommended best practice if you add a disclaimer as well for the banner.
For @ben and @jess, wanting to let you know that I have been using Sloan for this purpose (just in case you guys don't have a system on who sent the Sloan message specifically).
Let me know if you have any questions. I am here to help if needed :)
Appreciate you being upfront about this, Francis — really, that took some nerve to post.
For the record: I added the disclaimers as soon as I saw the flags and I don't have an issue with disclosure as a requirement. My only real reaction was surprise, since both pieces were grounded in things I've actually built and the comment threads under them show that but I get that's not always visible from the outside.
Appreciate the heads up for next time too.