3/5/2026 at 6:00:57 AM
Website looks nice. The copy being so painfully AI-written is a turnoff, enough that my first thought was "oh yeah, I remember hearing about this kind of app, I should look at the other one I'm thinking of". I do like that it's local and free.Imported some contacts, doing quick setup, first contact, can't scroll down to confirm/finish setting them up. I'm on the SE, which is a slightly smaller screen, sometimes apps seem to have trouble with it, I assume they're assuming a larger screen.
by jamilton
3/5/2026 at 4:29:23 PM
It feels like 90% of HN has become arguing about whether something was made by AI.I'm just counting down the days until no one can actually tell how much AI was involved so we can get to discussing whether the thing is good or not.
by SunshineTheCat
3/5/2026 at 5:51:19 PM
There's way way way more human slop complaining about AI than there is AI in the first place.It would be so much nicer if people didn't feel compelled to add the 32nd iteration of whining about the methodology used to produce the content.
I'd say I can't wait until the fad passes, but it's always something, isn't it?
I guess because anger/irritation/outrage are such popular sentiments people tend to resort to that kind of content because it makes them feel good to participate in trends. There's always going to be the group of people who seek popularity by aping whatever the latest fad is.
by goodmythical
3/5/2026 at 6:38:14 AM
How do you know its AI? Who cares, sounds fine too me.by nullbyte808
3/5/2026 at 11:59:37 AM
"Privacy isn't a feature — it's the foundation.""No feed, no doomscrolling — just intention."
"Not your whole address book — just the ones you'd hate to lose touch with"
"You care deeply—you're just terrible at follow-through."
"You care deeply—your ADHD brain just doesn't..."
by biofox
3/5/2026 at 2:34:01 PM
Even the word "intentional" alone is an AI tell.by gumboshoes
3/5/2026 at 2:58:30 PM
"Quietly" is another watermark word I've noticed lately (though not in TFA to be clear).by accrual
3/5/2026 at 12:40:56 PM
"You care deeply—your ADHD brain just doesn't..."Well shit, that solves everything! What a revelation -_-
by rigrassm
3/5/2026 at 12:43:47 PM
Well, if someone can't bother to write something, why should anyone bother to read it?by lelanthran
3/5/2026 at 3:31:18 PM
that was one of the big reasons I dropped FB and Insta.Low effort interactions just aren't worth it. IF it's not worth writing at least 3 sentences chances are I don't care - and won't ever care.
Like yeah it's cool to see what some guy I knew in high school is up to, but ultimately that connection ain't making my life better.
HN is an exception in the signal to noise ratio is far higher than a lot of other social media - though the bots are hitting it hard these days.
by red-iron-pine
3/5/2026 at 5:55:37 PM
That's awfully able-ist isn't it?How do you know that the author is capable of communicating fluently in english?
What if it were the case the the author was so excited about sharing a project but didn't know how to properly explained it and so took the extra effort to learn how to get a piece of software to explain it for them?
Would that then satisfy your requirement that the human behind the project has done enough work to earn your interest?
by goodmythical
3/5/2026 at 9:16:13 PM
> How do you know that the author is capable of communicating fluently in english?Irrelevant; they can do the best they can and I'll do the best I can.
If the best they can do is have it ghost-written, then the best that I will do is not read it.
> What if it were the case the the author was so excited about sharing a project but didn't know how to properly explained it and so took the extra effort to learn how to get a piece of software to explain it for them?
That's not extra effort, that's less effort.
> Would that then satisfy your requirement that the human behind the project has done enough work to earn your interest?
Look, if someone isn't going to bother to write something, why would others bother to read it?
by lelanthran
3/5/2026 at 7:59:59 PM
But AI provides the illusion of communication. Since the AI has no direct access to the user's brain, and has to go off the words they provide, if we're assuming that the person isn't capable generating words that accurately communicate their thoughts, the AI is getting all its information from the same flawed words we'd have access to if they didn't use AI, but destroying any signal encoded in the specific mistakes or choices they've made in its process of shaping their thoughts into something more polished.AIs don't violate entropy, and can't create information from nothing. They can interpret, and expand, and maybe, just maybe, tease out meaning that a human would have missed. But the more sensitively they're tuned to pick up on small nuances, they more likely they're going to interpret a pattern that isn't there, and the more they're tuned to avoid over-interpretation, the more likely they are to miss something that is there, the same as how a human can aim to interpret something with high or low context.
The difference is, by filtering it through an AI, you're taking that capability out of other people's hands, you're (often intentionally) flattening and damaging signals people usually use to choose how to distribute their attention (often with the cry of "But it's not fair that people want to spend their attention on things that I'm not good at, I have to use AI to convince people to look at my work that they would prefer not to!!"), and when you do that without acknowledging the use of AI, it feels a lot like you don't care about any negative effects your actions have on the existing ecosystems of human creativity and communication, and you're going to get an appropriately hostile response.
by BobaFloutist
3/5/2026 at 10:34:45 AM
The whole website was prompted. You can tell by the overload of emoji's on the page and every section having cards with hover effects. It's classic LLM design.by dreadnip
3/5/2026 at 11:26:53 AM
The avatars in the "testimonials" are all fakes by pravatar.cc, so take that into consideration. The site is bull shit.by dolebirchwood
3/5/2026 at 9:15:30 PM
I revisited the site and noticed that the testimonials section is now deleted. What a punk.Please do not engage with this fraudulent clown-show of an app.
by dolebirchwood
3/5/2026 at 9:44:16 AM
AI tends to be a buzz kill on products because it sends the signal "i can't be bothered to craft this deliberately."So why then should we bother to interact with the product deliberately.
Around here most know how hard and time consuming it is to ship a production grade experience. AI helps a ton. it's not "wrong" per say, but it undeniably leaves an odor.
by apsurd
3/5/2026 at 9:36:27 AM
We do mate, we do.by worthless-trash
3/5/2026 at 1:11:04 PM
Writing copy is painfully time consuming. AI just does it better, it's meant to communicate and people are not always great communicators. I know it'll write better copy than me.Terminally online people need to get over this weird aversion to anything generated w/ help of AI. Do you have similar misgivings, like "this guy obviously used auto correct", or "he's using speech to text, I'm not reading anything unless its hand-written"
Get over it. It's here, it's useful, judge the product on its merits. I get if you see spam email messages that are overly tailored and ignoring them because the person obv didn't do the work. But this dude created a free app that looks pretty cool, maybe he didn't want to spend another few hours to create a pretty standard boilerplate website with app information.
by bko
3/5/2026 at 1:32:13 PM
I'll bite:Copy can signal that a real person spent time on the details and cared about the product. Auto-correct and speech-to-text still carry that idea.
Even boring corporate PR language communicates something. It says the company wants to project stability and predictability, which can be reassuring. Slightly awkward, unpolished copy also sends a signal. It suggests a person speaking directly off-the-cuff rather than polished corporate messaging, which some people prefer.
LLM-generated copy sends a signal too, and not always a good one. To me, it often suggests the author didn’t care enough to think carefully about the message - not even enough to edit something that came out of an LLM.
At that point it starts to feel like someone just prompted Claude to build a reminders app with no care or thought put into it, which I could do myself if I find this idea valuable at all and even personalize the hell out of it. Maybe that's an unfair first impression! But it's not a crazy one given how quickly the cost of code is approaching 0.
by BoxFour
3/5/2026 at 3:32:26 PM
> Auto-correct and speech-to-text still carry that ideaWhy? You didn't spend real time consulting a dictionary or using penmanship, since writing is often slower than speaking. You didn't do your own memory management? Wow, guess you don't care about the details. Used a compiler? Wow dude, please spend the time to actually build the product the right way. These are all levels of abstraction, the idea is the idea. The LLM has no agency, it has no ideas, you give it your idea. It packages it out and communicates it effectively, which is respectful to the final user.
I don't owe you anything. Why am I wasting my time on this so you can feel somehow important. The copy is not the product. Its communication and should be done clearly and respectfully, and if an LLM facilitates with that, I would hope people use LLM for my sake.
> Even boring corporate PR language communicates something
Yes I want to communicate. I do so with the LLM. I might have a rant "stress privacy, go through the app and highlight the privacy features. Mention it's good for kids. Oh and also mention its local first (I would make this first actually),... " Whats the point of spending literally hours structuring, writing, re-writing etc. Communicate to the LLM, and use it to be respectful of your audience.
by bko
3/5/2026 at 9:23:35 PM
> The copy is not the productAs someone who taught marketing for almost 2 decades, I've learned that if the copy does not bring in the people that the product wanted to help, then there might as well be no product.
by sebastiennight
3/5/2026 at 6:01:08 PM
I'm with you. Keep fighting the good fight.Can't wait until people give up this lunacy.
It's exactly the same "back in my day" bullshit that's always existed.
What do you mean you typed this? If it isn't handwritten, I won't accept it. What do you mean you drove to work? Do you not have the dedication to walk? You can't be a good fit for this company if you're so lazy that you have to drive to work.
by goodmythical
3/5/2026 at 4:52:13 PM
> The copy is not the productI think this is an illuminative statement from you, so I’m going to just explain that I (and many of the people responding to you likely) will vehemently disagree: The copy is an extremely important part of a product like this.
Unlikely we’ll see eye-to-eye on this which is fine, but I would encourage you to do some reflection on that. I’ll certainly be reflecting on what might’ve led to you your position as well.
by BoxFour
3/5/2026 at 2:16:22 PM
> Writing copy is painfully time consumingI literally do not understand this sentiment. Do you not enjoy anything that takes time to do? Do you not enjoy putting time in for things that other people will look at?
> I know it'll write better copy than me
If this is the case I am desperately pleading with you to please read and write more. If you think the copy on this page is passable, let alone good, please read more.
by contagiousflow
3/5/2026 at 3:28:57 PM
I like building apps, I don't necessarily like writing the same boilerplate BS for a necessary landing page for every app I make.Again, I'm not saying no one should write marketing copy, if that's your thing, go for it. Take your time, wordsmith. But for others they don't enjoy it or are not particularly good at it (i.e. English isn't someones first language). So let's be accepting and get over it.
> If this is the case I am desperately pleading with you to please read and write more.
Please stop moralizing.
by bko
3/5/2026 at 9:31:27 PM
> I'm not saying no one should write marketing copy, if that's your thing, go for it. Take your time, wordsmith. But for others they don't enjoy it or are not particularly good at itThe problem is that the generated "marketing copy" ends up being bland and ineffective (nobody "buys", so the copy fails at its single job) when using generalist LLM tools like eg. ChatGPT.
So in the end, you don't achieve the goal of "getting better copy" from it because neither version (neither the copy you'd have done naïvely without knowing anything about marketing, nor the LLM copy) converts anyone.
by sebastiennight
3/5/2026 at 3:43:38 PM
If you're making apps for yourself, sure. But the purpose of a landing page is to convey information to humans. Slopping together some drivel to attempt the appearance of professionalism isn't just lazy, it's dishonest. Have some respect for the things you make and the people who may interact with them. And if you don't want to write boilerplate or copy: don't!by contagiousflow
3/5/2026 at 1:23:28 PM
> AI just does it better, it's meant to communicate and people are not always great communicators.Sorry, no. It doesn’t do it better. It’s like chewing cardboard. All fluff, not a lot of actual well-presented information.
AI is also not a great communicator- it learned from people, which you said are not great.
by loloquwowndueo
3/5/2026 at 1:24:56 PM
THere's a level of AI generated copy that makes the website look unpolished. I think it's right to critique, in the same way i'd critique an obvious bootstrap css website.There's loads of factors that may implicitly turn someone off using an app, and I think it's important to let the OP know a critical one.
by endymion-light
3/5/2026 at 2:53:37 PM
Do you have it generate fake people with fake photos and reviews too?by duskdozer