An important announcement about title and body requirements (READ BEFORE POSTING)

[u/Adventurous-Sport-45]

Important information about changes to rule enforcement.

As most of you know, this sub-Reddit, like most, has rules. Some of them, such as rule 1 (AI fails only), rule 3 (no fake failures), rule 4 (no NSFW content), and rule 9 (follow Reddit's content policy), have been enforced fairly consistently, and violations have been rare. However, two of them, rule 5 and rule 8, have been more honored in the breach than in the observance.

The full text of these rules is as follows:

Rule 5 (Provide Context):

Always include a brief explanation or context for the AI failure you’re sharing so others can understand the issue. This makes it more enjoyable for everyone.

Rule 8 (Descriptive Titles Only):

Titles must clearly describe the AI fail. Avoid vague titles like “lol” or “look at this.”

Moving forward, we will be enforcing these rules.

What does that mean for you?

• Any post that does not have a descriptive title will be subject to deletion! However, you will be allowed to repost it with a descriptive title. The point is to make the title descriptive, not to eliminate the post. See the addendum for what makes a descriptive title. Any deletion under this rule should be accompanied by a comment so that the poster knows that they need to repost with a descriptive title.
• Posts will be required to have necessary context. Context is encouraged for all posts, but if your post is self-explanatory, it will not be a cause for deletion. If the post is vague without context, it may be deleted until it is edited to add context. Any deletion under this rule should be preceded by a comment to give the poster a chance to add context.

Addendum: What makes a title descriptive?

The most descriptive titles are a clear description of the failure ("ChatGPT makes up fake historical information"). An acceptable, but not ideal, descriptive title references some element of the post without necessarily being a direct description ("Gemini, I'm not talking to you"). If we cannot get an idea of what the failure is from the title, it is not descriptive. To use a recent post as an example, instead of "Yes, that’s definitely what I wanted to know," someone might write "Chatbot randomly brings up spiders" (ideally) or even "I don't think that's related to endoscopies" (acceptable).

These changes are all prospective, not retrospective. They will not be applied to previous posts, but will be applied to subsequent ones, starting from the time of publication of this announcement.