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by henriquecm8 731 days ago
I can see the use to describe AI spam, but I am starting to seeing people using it to describe anything they don't like, basically a replacement for "mid" with was highly used the last couple of years. I noticed that when some people learn a new "trendy" word, they want to use it in every possible opportunity until it loses meaning.
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"Slop" is a internet slang that has always been used to refer to low quality content that exploits current internet trends, using it to refer specifically to AI generated content is pretty new.
> basically a replacement for "mid" with was highly used the last couple of years

Wot now? Somehow I managed to completely miss that.

Edit: ah, seems like it's mainly a twitter thing. That explains it.

"mid" is something I hear from people high school age most commonly.
I've seen it on reddit too.
Of course, it's seeking it's low energy state.