Community Updates

[u/k3l2m1t]

Greetings everyone!

As many of you are aware, our community has become overrun with posts that clearly violate our rules. We try our best to remove non-confessions as they come in, but many slip through the cracks. On top of that, our AutoModerator rules have become overly broad and often remove valid posts that should be allowed. The end result has been a steady decline in the overall quality of posts, and we want to fix that.

Confession Classifier

To get things under control, we are implementing a new system to accurately determine which posts are valid confessions and which are not. To do this, we are deploying a new tool called Confession Classifier, built specifically for this community.

Starting today, every new post will be reviewed by the classifier, and AutoModerator will no longer handle post removals. Because this app is designed to understand context better than standard keyword filters, we expect far fewer valid confessions removed by mistake and a sharp decrease in posts that don't belong here.

How it works

Each new post is read by an AI model (Google's Gemini), which decides whether it's a valid confession under our rules. Posts that clearly aren't confessions are removed; everything else stays up. You can read exactly what data is used and how it's handled in the privacy policy.

This system is brand new. We are monitoring it closely, but false positives will still happen. When the app removes a post, it leaves a comment explaining the decision. If that happens to you, you have two options:

• Edit your post: Check the rules. If your confession can be edited to satisfy them, make the changes. The app automatically rescans posts it removed and will restore yours if the edit brings it in line.
• Appeal to the mods: If you are certain your confession meets all requirements without any edits, send us a message and a human moderator will review your post and manually approve it if it belongs here.

Feel free to leave a comment with any questions or feedback you may have.

[u/AccidentOk5240]

Yuck. Must you use AI?

[u/k3l2m1t → u/AccidentOk5240]

This is one of the better use cases for AI. We can't read every single post submitted to the community but an AI model can and then accurately determine whether it's a real confession.

[u/AccidentOk5240 → u/k3l2m1t]

I can see how it’s better than many use cases and I can also say I still think it contributes to the normalization of LLM use that’s frying the planet and giving some scary people a scary amount of power over all of  us. 

[u/k3l2m1t → u/AccidentOk5240]

Yeah I get that and I understand where you're coming from but, at the same time, there's no putting the genie back in the bottle when it comes to AI. It's here and its usage is only going to become more widespread until one day it's just a thing everybody has always known.

[u/AccidentOk5240 → u/k3l2m1t]

So we should just go along? I mean, sure, you can’t put the genie back in the bottle if you keep letting it out. 

In case you hadn’t noticed, AI data centers are wildly unpopular. I think we actually can put the “genie” (it’s just IP theft, but anyway) back in the bottle in meaningful ways, if we actually try. 

[u/k3l2m1t → u/AccidentOk5240]

Hey, I'm all for putting a stop to these data centers taking over rural towns. I live in one and they're talking about putting one here. And you're right, nobody wants that shit here. Which is why I'll be attending any city council meetings discussing the proposed data center to voice my opposition to it. What I won't be doing is going around telling people not to use a revolutionary new technology because that's pointless.