Slopwatch: BetaNews and linuxsecurity.com Have Just Published More Fake 'Articles' About "Linux"
As we said yesterday afternoon, "Slopwatch" will become a routine feature; we must call out the culprits, the Serial Sloppers.
Today's Slopwatch starts with Mr. Fagioli:
It's LLM slop, likely based on real articles. It's just rephrased by bot or something to that effect.
Authors that we spoke to hate Fagioli because he's perceived to be a BS artist. Maybe also ripoff artist.
Then there's this parasitic site, with yet another fake 'article' about "Linux":
100% LLM slop, i.e. the usual:
There's probably more "Linux" slop out there, but we do our best to identify it on a daily basis. There are dormant sites that cross over to the dark side. They ruin the Web and distort knowledge by introducing fiction (manufactured by bots). █