Has AI slop arrived in the SuiteCRM forums?

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Spam before AI was relatively easy to identify and to remove.

Just like on reddit as well, AI slop / modern days spam is way more sophisticated and can contribute real interesting discussions, including name drops, links etc.

There have been quite a few new users recently and several vibe coded projects, product links or names - some by the new users.

Any ideas / guidelines on how to react / deal with the upcoming wave of AI generated content (which can easily obey and game all forum rules - one additional sentence in the AI agent prompt is enough :wink: )

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I think the bigger challenge is not whether a post is AI-generated, but whether it genuinely contributes to the community.

Perhaps we should focus more on intent, relevance, and participation history rather than trying to detect AI-generated content. New users should absolutely be welcome, but repeated product promotion without meaningful engagement could be a signal for moderators to review.

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I don’t think Ai generated contend is necessarily bad. I’m a horrible typer and often have a stream of conciousness. I will from time to time first type into Chatgpt and have it clean it up for me. Still my thoughts, just presented better.

Where I have an issue though is someone says, “how do I do X” and then someone asks Chatgpt “how to do X” and then pastes in the answer. That is not helpful. The original asker probably has tried that.

Chatgpt doesn’t have all the answers and anyone offering an answer should have first hand experience with the solution and that it works. That should be a general rule.

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AI isn’t the problem; unverified answers and posts made just for promotion are. What matters is real experience, useful contributions, and solutions that actually work.

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Don’t get me wrong - I don’t have anything against AI content per se as well.

Just with AI, a few new user accounts, one could start asking questions like what’s the best MTA, how to use AI integrations, how to do X, reply oneself with another account (and get some human community replies on the way to make the topic even more valuable) with the right product names and some generic, superficial but generally helpful tips.

New users are very welcome. Whether the post is AI written or not isn’t the problem.
The intent is a good indicator, but who or how to judge this?

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I think it’s difficult to judge intent from a single post. Maybe the focus should be on patterns over time, such as repeated product mentions, self-promotion, and lack of genuine participation. No rule will be perfect, but looking at the overall activity rather than individual posts could help.

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I mainly use AI as a supporting tool to:

  • Get an overview and better understand new requirements.

  • Explore ideas and possible approaches.

  • Organize and refine my own thoughts so I can communicate them more clearly.

  • Translate between languages more efficiently.

I find AI very helpful for these purposes, but I don’t rely on it to make technical decisions for me. I still prefer to evaluate its suggestions based on my own experience and understanding.