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1. southw+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-08-30 04:47:42
Some people accuse anyone who uses em dashes of using ChatGPT to write their posts. This is "proof" that actual humans use em dashes.
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2. vntok+vb[view] [source] 2025-08-30 07:37:57
>>southw+(OP)
Things like books are proof that actual humans use em dashes, that wasn't ever the contention.

What's needed is a writing comparison before/after 2022 for these users. If there's a sudden 200% increase in the use of em-dashes from one month to the next, it's a very strong indicator that the user started LLMing their posts.

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3. southw+TM1[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-30 23:15:46
>>vntok+vb
Perhaps I should have qualified that humans use them in casual writing, website comments and the like, and not just in formal, published works that probably had an editor.
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