Is every project AI Slop?

375 points Various-Roof-553 257 comments

I’ve noticed for every project that is shared in this subreddit lately, people always comment “AI Slop”.

Maybe they are AI slop (often the OP is a dead giveaway). But now I fear there’s no avenue to share genuinely useful projects or expand the community, since every post I’ve seen sharing something is typically met with negative reaction.

How do you judge / evaluate what people are sharing? Do you immediately assume it’s AI slop? Do you read the repo or readme? What can we do as a community to promote genuine projects and discourage the slop?

I honestly want to know, because I used to enjoy finding gems in this sub but now it feels pretty negative and hostile, but for reasons with which I somewhat sympathize.