LLM Slop is an Addiction One Can Quit
Over the years we saw sites experimenting with or "pivoting to" slop, only to go offline, suspend publication, or return to real (original) publication. The "addicts" cannot quit the addiction; but lesser "addicts" consider abandoning LLMs, seeing backlash from people they wrongly assumed they would please with slop.
Recently, UbuntuPIT just suddenly stopped with the slop (or stopped altogether). Months ago LinuxConfig.org sobered up after a worrying period of slopfarming. Prior to that LinuxIac sobered up [1, 2] (after I had spoken to its editor, who didn't deny the slop). Earlier this year BetaNews sacked the Serial Slopper and in past years we encountered similar trajectories. Jack M. Germain (LinuxInsider) only experimented with it once, then stopped.
Never say never. Sites that crossed over to "the dark side" (slop) can still return, and even fully regain the trust lost by betraying people with 'botspew'. █