Betanews Becoming a Slopfarm is "Betanews Growing Alongside You", According to Betanews
Their first 'article' in over two weeks is 52% "AI-generated" (slop), 33% mixed (edited slop), 18% human-written, says an advanced scanner.
A few hours after I wrote about Betanews deleting 'articles' the site wrote a statement entitled "Betanews Is Growing Alongside You", authored anonymously.
Let's break it down:
You may have noticed things have been a little quieter than usual here at BetaNews. We wanted to take a moment to share why, and, more importantly, what’s coming next.
People also noticed you deleted many articles. Why is that? Why was the site reverted back to a week-old state? Security breach?
We're excited to announce that Betanews is growing!
By laying off staff, which says "goodbye".
Also, why did you remove a lot of material? Care to explain? Even a new comment (hours old) says this:
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been going through a restructuring process, hitting pause on some of our regular publishing. It was all part of a bigger goal: improving the quality and consistency of our content for you.
Your 'first' article in this 'new' site is slop. It's determined too be only 18% human-written and it's the typically promotional Microsoft (Windows) trash.
Are you advertising for Microsoft with LLM slop now?
Behind the scenes, we’ve been expanding our editorial team with new tech-savvy writers who bring fresh expertise and energy to the site.
LLM slop is not "editorial team".
This is part of a larger effort to raise the bar even higher, delivering sharper insights, faster updates, and the same trusted quality our readers expect.
LLM slop is "trusted quality"?
And it doesn't stop there: we are also working hard to launch a mobile version of our website, making it easier for you to get informed on the go, wherever you are.
Every site has a "mobile version" because a site properly designed renders fine on small screens, like on mobile devices.
If you noticed a slowdown in the process, that's because we’ve been focused on onboarding the right people and setting the stage for what comes next. But rest assured: this is a transition forward, and we’re already ramping up production again.
Well, "onboarding the right people" or onboarding the right LLM BS artists, who prompt LLMs to make fake articles with LLMs and slop image generators?
In short: more content, better quality, and an even stronger Betanews.
LLM slop is not "better quality".
Thanks for sticking with us. We want to hear from you, let us know in the comments what you would like to see from us!The Betanews Team
It sounds like they changed ownership or management. It sounds like there's a heck of a mess behind the scenes and they try hard to hide what really happened. █