I Miss the Days When Humans Wrote Their Own Comments
Feb 27, 2026
5min read
I was scrolling through the patch notes for the latest ‘Hyper-Frontier’ update this morning, and something felt off. I scrolled down to the comments section, expecting to see the usual chaos. Instead, I saw thousands of perfectly structured, polite, and helpful responses. Every single one of them was written by a personal AI assistant. I realized right then that I truly miss the days when humans wrote their own comments.
Back in 2022 or 2023, the internet was a mess, but at least it was a human mess. You would see typos, weird inside jokes, and raw frustration. If a game developer nerfed a favorite character, the comments were a disaster of real human emotion. Now, in 2026, everyone uses ‘Reply-Bots’ to manage their social presence. You just tell your phone, ‘Give this post a positive vibe,’ and it spits out a polished paragraph that sounds like it came from a corporate PR office.
In the gaming world, this has killed the community feeling. Part of the fun of being a gamer was the shared struggle. I remember reading long, rambling threads about how to beat a hidden boss. Those comments were full of personality. You could tell when someone was tired, excited, or just trying to be funny. Today, if you ask for help in a forum, you get ten identical AI responses that all say, ‘I found this strategy particularly effective for your playstyle.’ It’s efficient, but it’s incredibly lonely.
Even the toxicity has changed. We used to complain about ‘trolls,’ but at least a troll was a person who cared enough to try and get a reaction. Now, even the arguments feel automated. You see two bots arguing over frame rates, using perfect grammar and cited sources, while the actual players are probably just staring at their screens in silence. It feels like we are living in a world of ghosts where the machines are doing all the talking for us.
There is a new movement starting up called ‘Proof of Human.’ Some smaller gaming forums are actually banning AI-generated text. They want to see the spelling mistakes. They want to see the slang that doesn’t quite make sense yet. They want to see the passion that a bot simply cannot fake. It is a strange time to live in when a typo is the only way to prove you are a real person.
I’m making a promise to myself today. I’m turning off my ‘Smart Reply’ features. If I have something to say about a game, I’m going to type it out myself, letter by letter. It might not be as smooth as what a bot can write, and I might make a few mistakes, but at least it will be me. If you’re reading this, I hope you’ll do the same. Let’s make the internet feel human again.
Back in 2022 or 2023, the internet was a mess, but at least it was a human mess. You would see typos, weird inside jokes, and raw frustration. If a game developer nerfed a favorite character, the comments were a disaster of real human emotion. Now, in 2026, everyone uses ‘Reply-Bots’ to manage their social presence. You just tell your phone, ‘Give this post a positive vibe,’ and it spits out a polished paragraph that sounds like it came from a corporate PR office.
In the gaming world, this has killed the community feeling. Part of the fun of being a gamer was the shared struggle. I remember reading long, rambling threads about how to beat a hidden boss. Those comments were full of personality. You could tell when someone was tired, excited, or just trying to be funny. Today, if you ask for help in a forum, you get ten identical AI responses that all say, ‘I found this strategy particularly effective for your playstyle.’ It’s efficient, but it’s incredibly lonely.
Even the toxicity has changed. We used to complain about ‘trolls,’ but at least a troll was a person who cared enough to try and get a reaction. Now, even the arguments feel automated. You see two bots arguing over frame rates, using perfect grammar and cited sources, while the actual players are probably just staring at their screens in silence. It feels like we are living in a world of ghosts where the machines are doing all the talking for us.
There is a new movement starting up called ‘Proof of Human.’ Some smaller gaming forums are actually banning AI-generated text. They want to see the spelling mistakes. They want to see the slang that doesn’t quite make sense yet. They want to see the passion that a bot simply cannot fake. It is a strange time to live in when a typo is the only way to prove you are a real person.
I’m making a promise to myself today. I’m turning off my ‘Smart Reply’ features. If I have something to say about a game, I’m going to type it out myself, letter by letter. It might not be as smooth as what a bot can write, and I might make a few mistakes, but at least it will be me. If you’re reading this, I hope you’ll do the same. Let’s make the internet feel human again.
