This is a perfect example of the power and problems with LLMs.
I took the narcissistic approach of searching for myself. Here's a grade of one of my comments[1]:
>slg: B- (accurate characterization of PH’s “networking & facade” feel, but implicitly underestimates how long that model can persist)
And here's the actual comment I made[2]:
>And maybe it is the cynical contrarian in me, but I think the "real world" aspect of Product Hunt it what turned me off of the site before these issues even came to the forefront. It always seemed like an echo chamber were everyone was putting up a facade. Users seemed more concerned with the people behind products and networking with them than actually offering opinions of what was posted.
>I find the more internet-like communities more natural. Sure, the top comment on a Show HN is often a critique. However I find that more interesting than the usual "Wow, another great product from John Developer. Signing up now." or the "Wow, great product. Here is why you should use the competing product that I work on." that you usually see on Product Hunt.
I did not say nor imply anything about "how long that model can persist", I just said I personally don't like using the site. It's a total hallucination to claim I was implying doom for "that model" and you would only know that if you actually took the time to dig into the details of what was actually said, but the summary seems plausible enough that most people never would.
The LLM processed and analyzed a huge amount of data in a way that no human could, but the single in-depth look I took at that analysis was somewhere between misleading and flat out wrong. As I said, a perfect example of what LLMs do.
And yes, I do recognize the funny coincidence that I'm now doing the exact thing I described as the typical HN comment a decade ago. I guess there is a reason old me said "I find that more interesting".
[1] - https://karpathy.ai/hncapsule/2015-12-18/index.html#article-...
[2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10761980
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