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Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 11h

Is Amazon adding AI-generated subtitles to our novels now? Because "Appleseed: A Sweeping Johnny Epic – Climate Change and Manifest Destiny Across Multiple Timelines from the 18th Century to a Post-Apocalyptic Future" is fucking incomprehensible slop.

Kelly Davio @kellydavio.bsky.social · 11h

A sweeping Johnny epic indeed

Karen Palmer @karenpalmer.bsky.social · 7h

my god

Matt Bell @mdbell79.bsky.social · 11h

Looks like it's the publishers doing it. (Thanks to folks in the comments!) What a bummer. It's bad enough on its own, but truly sad that it's an inside job. I get needing to do SEO, etc., but we used to try to hide that we were!

Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 11h

yuck I'm sorry!

Erika Swyler @erikaswyler.bsky.social · 11h

Wut

spaghootighost @spaghootighost.bsky.social · 7h

I'm so tired of all these Johnny Epics. What a played-out genre!

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M🎃she Siegel @moshesiegel.bsky.social · 11h

Ghastly

Sean Eric Fagan @kithrup.bsky.social · 11h

I noticed that sort of thing in amazon uk a year or so ago.

Jami Attenberg @jamiattenberg.bsky.social · 11h

mmm I actually think it's the publishers that might be doing it

Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 11h

It might be your publisher, tbh (they're using keyword stuffing for SEO purposes)

Paolo Bacigalupi @paolobacigalupi.bsky.social · 11h

Those aren't even good seo

C. Matthew Smith @cmattwrite.bsky.social · 11h

Johnny Epics are my favorite.

Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 6h

Sweeping the leg, Johnny. Epic??

N.N. Scott @nnscott.com · 11h

Sympathy. "Climate Change and Manifest Destiny Across Multiple Timelines" just sounds like the world we live in, now 🙄

Gwen E. Kirby @gwenekirby.bsky.social · 11h

What the absolute fuck???

Jae Koyanagi @jaekoyanagi.com · 11h

wtf is a "sweeping johnny epic"