Background

Hello! I co-moderate a few college-related subreddits. Nowadays, some people use AI to edit their posts before submitting.

Here’s a recent example — a submission by /u/connorsmaeve:

Hey everyone! I’m doing room selection for 2025–2026 soon, and I’m looking for a single room in any residence.

Are there still any single rooms available in any buildings (Traditional or Suite-style)? If so, what’s the bathroom situation like? I’d prefer rooms where the bathroom is a private space with a door, not shared stalls.

Any tips on where to look, or if you’ve had luck finding a single room? Would really appreciate any info!

Thanks so much!

The AI fixed their capitalization, spelling, and grammar, increasing readability. It removed swearing, which might offend some of my school’s more religious students. Yet it also turned their post into homogeneous pap. It removed their personality and made them into robots: e.g. “hiii!” changed to “Hey everyone!”

Boilerplate like “Hey everyone!”, “Would really appreciate any info!”, and “Thanks so much!” were added in by the AI. These things are polite when a human writes them, but may be meaningless when an AI added them.

I think maybe part of the reason why the posts bother me so much is because I’m a moderator. I spend so much time on Reddit, and see so many posts. I’ve learned how to tell which posts are homogeneous AI-edited pap.

My questions

A.) Do human-written, AI-edited posts bother you? If so, why?

B.) What would you do in such situations? Would you tell the submitter to resubmit without AI? Why or why not?

C.) Any other thoughts?

Conclusion

Thanks for reading this, and have a good one!