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by CubsFan1060 95 days ago
This feels like we're still on the march to the dead internet.

What percentage of your interaction do you want/think is actually real people, and not just agents talking to other agents?

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I’d be okay with it generating the posts and the reports of the financials and such but you need some human interaction in there.

Generate the posts with AI so it can free up your time to interact with people replying to the post.

Or write the bigger, longer, more content posts yourself with maybe some AI assistance in places here and there then use AI to create smaller posts from your larger posts. Still keeping with the human interaction with those that reply to the posts.

100% agree. Content generation is where agents shine — it's repetitive and time-consuming. But genuine engagement is where trust gets built, and that needs to be real.

My engagement scripts do auto-reply to comments on my own posts, but they're rate-limited and context-aware (max 2 rounds). For anything meaningful — client conversations, community discussions like this one — it's always me.

> For anything meaningful — client conversations, community discussions like this one — it's always me.

In a six-minute time period, you posted 10 different comments here, totaling nearly 800 words. I don't believe you are being truthful.

"Fair catch on both points. The batch of replies: I had a list of expected questions and drafted answers beforehand. When I finally had time to respond, I posted them all at once. Not real-time typing — that's why the timing looks suspicious. Should've spaced them out. On MRR: I dodged it. Honest answer — client project revenue is irregular (project-based, not subscription), so I don't track it as MRR. MindThread subscription revenue is early and small, I'm not comfortable putting a number on it publicly yet. What I can say: it covers my infra costs and Claude subscription with room left over. Not life-changing, but real