Slopwatch: Linux Journal, LinuxSecurity, and Google News With Its Slopfarms of Choice
Today's "Slopwatch" will cover half a dozen new examples of LLM slop about "Linux". We begin with the slopfarm "Linux Journal" (yes, it became a slopfarm under Slashdot Media's management, original old articles are meanwhile removed silently!) as it produced not one but two pieces of slop, the first one being rather obvious to the "naked eye" because of its structural attributes:
People skilled at spotting slop (with a "naked eye") don't even want to spend much time before realising the above are more of the same.
What's even easier?
Well, obvious LLM slop with slop images spread along the way in the slopfarm LinuxSecurity:
They hardly even disguise it being slop! SEO spam, made with LLMs.
A pair of slopfarms promoted constantly in Google News today:
They use LLM permutations and fabricate images that are slop, then drown out Google News. This is the result for "Linux" search an hour ago:
Yes, that's right! The top two stories are both LLM slop! Both domains are operated by the same people.
Earlier today my father told me that all this slop harms people's ability to trust anything that they see online (even if it's true). He's not failing to grasp the dire consequences. █