Absurd amount of likes in a short time
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Ginger Herten.
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- 2nd January 2026 at 11:27 am #72078
rightdownthemiddle
ParticipantAuthor “Red Bob” has accumulated 300+ likes on a story with barely 1700 reads, posted two days ago (https://www.hairstorynetwork.com/stories/six-weeks-shorter-part-3/).
Now, I’m not saying this isn’t possible organically, but come on… the text is so painfully obviously AI-generated in large parts (and not tagged as such), and even long-contributing members with a proven track record don’t net in such a high ratio of likes-per-read.
I’m sorry, call it a witch hunt if you must;
2nd January 2026 at 3:58 pm #72082
ChechakoParticipantThe future is already here
2nd January 2026 at 8:21 pm #72084Ginger Herten
ModeratorIt definitely is suspect, but I don’t like to just jump to conclusions. I’m also not completely sure what can be done about it. I will consult with other mods.
9th January 2026 at 2:12 pm #72227
GabrielParticipantWhy worry? It is a strange thing, for sure, and it attracts attention (did with me).
The stories are nicely illustrated with AI images and doesn’t do wrong in any (other) sense.
But nevertheless, cheating and manipulation isn’t right (because completely unnecessary) so must be dealt with.9th January 2026 at 7:38 pm #72230ParticipantI’m not saying they’re bad.
What I’m saying is that I find it rather strange that a story that has been posted yesterday has already garnerd 1.5k views and over 200 likes within the past twenty hours.
Site traffic sure must have heavy…11th January 2026 at 4:38 am #72278ModeratorWe’re leaning towards it being a repeat of an earlier site glitch.
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