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I can’t help but think that there are so many astroturfed comments in here. Seems like a concerted and distributed effort from the entire Anthropic team every

I can’t help but think that there are so many astroturfed comments in here. Seems like a concerted and distributed effort from the entire Anthropic team every time to get this on top of HN.

iammrpayments 3mo ago
I’m convinced that’s the case, this place looked totally different around 4 years ago
amunozo 3mo ago
I'm not fan of Anthropic, but to be fair, every major model release makes it to the main page. In the case of a model like this, hyped and with a jump in capabilities, it doesn't need astroturfing.
- WebGuyMe 3mo ago
  Well to be fair, it that hype and that "jump in capabilities" (that I don't see) might be astroturfed? You ever think that all that hype isn't organic?
  - amunozo 3mo ago
    No, but I think it's real in this case. Claude models have always been superb, I can definitely see another improvement in capabilities. Price is outrageous, though.
Daishiman 3mo ago
Where do you see them exactly? The comments are pretty much in line with how the model performs IRL.
- pooplord7 3mo ago
  Theres several comments that sound like „I“ve had this REALLY DIFFICULT problem (no specification whatsoever) and threw Fable on it and it solved it immediately, additionaly it cured aids and found a solution to world hunger“…
  - Daishiman 3mo ago
    This is… not at all the case. Most observations on pricing, some on specific projects, some on speculation about Anthropic and many about the model getting nerfed.
    - Madmallard 3mo ago
      It is the case.
      - Daishiman 3mo ago
        I think you can't read because half the posts are about the nerfing and price.
        Madmallard 3mo ago
        The early posts were largely AstroTurfs. Then people started realizing we're getting literally rage-baited by Fable 5 and started posting their criticisms. Both can be true at once.
  - laszlojamf 3mo ago
    to be fair, the top comment from simonw is most likely legit unless anthropic hacked his account too
geraneum 3mo ago
Corporations have done worse for much less money involved. Now we have trillion dollar companies going IPO. With so much at stake, it’s not unthinkable that there’s astroturfing happening.
Overpower0416 3mo ago
Wouldn’t be surprised if there are marketing teams writing positive comments for more positive engagement
- lionkor 3mo ago
  Marketing teams entirely composed of Claude models, of course
joss82 3mo ago
Yes, this is also my feeling. It happens for every single Anthropic release. Then I try it on real dev and the result is laughably bad. Except in design where it has been doing a decent job for a while. I am not a designer and my bar is pretty low.
- thewhitetulip 3mo ago
  In frontend sonnet and opus take more than 5 $ per query to fix any problem So unless you have unlimited tokens it's better to learn frontend
anhner 3mo ago
You're right to point that out! Most people did not think of this but you did -- and that's a rare skill to have.
sunaookami 3mo ago
I see a lot of negative comments right now surprisingly.
vrganj 3mo ago
Now if only they had some technology that was really good at generating authentic-looking comments they could use to spam praise all over the internet...
mirsadm 3mo ago
It's the real deal. Before Fable nothing I tried worked. It has finally helped me finish my teleportation device. I can't show you or anyone the proof but trust me it's true.
Retr0id 3mo ago
I don't think it's weird that the post made it to the front page, but watching the downvotes roll in on my own mildly critical comment has been intriguing. I saw it go up to +2, down to 0, up to +3, and now it's on +1.
andybee 3mo ago
Yeah, this whole post is a GIANT AD.

I can’t help but think that there are so many astroturfed comments in here. Seems like a concerted and distributed effort from the entire Anthropic team every time to get this on top of HN.

iammrpayments 3mo ago

I’m convinced that’s the case, this place looked totally different around 4 years ago

amunozo 3mo ago

I'm not fan of Anthropic, but to be fair, every major model release makes it to the main page. In the case of a model like this, hyped and with a jump in capabilities, it doesn't need astroturfing.

WebGuyMe 3mo ago
Well to be fair, it that hype and that "jump in capabilities" (that I don't see) might be astroturfed? You ever think that all that hype isn't organic?
- amunozo 3mo ago
  No, but I think it's real in this case. Claude models have always been superb, I can definitely see another improvement in capabilities. Price is outrageous, though.

Daishiman 3mo ago

Where do you see them exactly? The comments are pretty much in line with how the model performs IRL.

pooplord7 3mo ago
Theres several comments that sound like „I“ve had this REALLY DIFFICULT problem (no specification whatsoever) and threw Fable on it and it solved it immediately, additionaly it cured aids and found a solution to world hunger“…
- Daishiman 3mo ago
  This is… not at all the case. Most observations on pricing, some on specific projects, some on speculation about Anthropic and many about the model getting nerfed.
  - Madmallard 3mo ago
    It is the case.
    - Daishiman 3mo ago
      I think you can't read because half the posts are about the nerfing and price.
      - Madmallard 3mo ago
        The early posts were largely AstroTurfs. Then people started realizing we're getting literally rage-baited by Fable 5 and started posting their criticisms. Both can be true at once.
- laszlojamf 3mo ago
  to be fair, the top comment from simonw is most likely legit unless anthropic hacked his account too

geraneum 3mo ago

Corporations have done worse for much less money involved. Now we have trillion dollar companies going IPO. With so much at stake, it’s not unthinkable that there’s astroturfing happening.

Overpower0416 3mo ago

Wouldn’t be surprised if there are marketing teams writing positive comments for more positive engagement

lionkor 3mo ago
Marketing teams entirely composed of Claude models, of course

joss82 3mo ago

Yes, this is also my feeling. It happens for every single Anthropic release. Then I try it on real dev and the result is laughably bad. Except in design where it has been doing a decent job for a while. I am not a designer and my bar is pretty low.

thewhitetulip 3mo ago
In frontend sonnet and opus take more than 5 $ per query to fix any problem So unless you have unlimited tokens it's better to learn frontend

anhner 3mo ago

You're right to point that out! Most people did not think of this but you did -- and that's a rare skill to have.

sunaookami 3mo ago

I see a lot of negative comments right now surprisingly.

vrganj 3mo ago

Now if only they had some technology that was really good at generating authentic-looking comments they could use to spam praise all over the internet...

mirsadm 3mo ago

It's the real deal. Before Fable nothing I tried worked. It has finally helped me finish my teleportation device. I can't show you or anyone the proof but trust me it's true.

Retr0id 3mo ago

I don't think it's weird that the post made it to the front page, but watching the downvotes roll in on my own mildly critical comment has been intriguing. I saw it go up to +2, down to 0, up to +3, and now it's on +1.

andybee 3mo ago

Yeah, this whole post is a GIANT AD.