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Stop AI-Shaming Our Precious, Kindly Em Dashes—Please

https://www.theringer.com/2025/08/20/pop-culture/em-dash-use-ai-artificial-intelligence-chatgpt-google-gemini
Rentlar - 4mon

Em dashes in internet prose are more redundant than not, imo.

However, the AI clues I use are beyond just the presence of em-dashes, AI seems to use them in a predictable style (in the final part of their answer). They also use emojis section headers and bolding excessively.

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MadMadBunny @lemmy.ca - 4mon

Em dashes are useful and necessary punctuation.

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Aeri - 4mon

Also you have to go pretty far out of your way to use one on a computer...

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Kowowow @lemmy.ca - 4mon

I just like anything that lets me have asides but brackets () work just as well

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slacktoid - 4mon

Honestly to me it's usually the excessive emoji use.

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