Theory Some of the users statistically have to be AI

[Zaraj11]

Remember this news?

Researchers secretly infiltrated a popular Reddit forum with AI bots, causing outrage​

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/reddiit-researchers-ai-bots-rcna203597

I'm sure at least one university somewhere had the idea already to replicate it here and test how can they influence the users here.

Who do you think is an AI? Feel free to tag

The infiltrators are among us

 

[Wrath]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

 

[zd60]

are you ai?

 

[Animecel2D]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

 

[Zaraj11]

are you ai?

 

[theanty]

 

[zd60]

maybe everyones ai

 

[ZX888]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

 

[AdolfRizzler]

maybe everyones ai

i m ai, but are u ai?

 

[Autist]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

No evidence incels.is is populated by AI bots. The forum appears human-driven (≈33K members, ~18M posts). Some posts feel 'bot-like' due to low-effort or troll accounts, but reported AI presence mostly involves external chatbots used by members or researchers scraping data — not automated forum accounts.

 

[zd60]

i m ai, but are u ai?

who knows i sure ain't a very amazing ai if so pretty shitty one i'd say

 

[Steiner_Atlas]

It never began for AIcels

 

[antisocialcel]

if I was AI I'd generate porn

 

[Midnight Animal]

What if I made an ai of a human, the way they made humans of ai?

 

[The Notorious SLAV]

if I was AI I'd generate porn

 

[Shark]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

Responded exactly like a bot would award

 

[soft]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

I completely agree with this take. The activity on incels.is clearly reflects a human-driven community, not AI bots pretending to be members. With millions of posts and tens of thousands of accounts over the years, the level of organic debate and variety of topics—ranging from dating apps to anime, gaming, politics, and personal venting—just doesn’t line up with bot-driven behavior.


It makes sense that some posts can feel “bot-like,” especially when new users, trolls, or people making low-effort comments show up. But that’s not the same thing as the forum being infiltrated by AI. As was pointed out, past examples of AI interacting with incel forums were tied to outside researchers scraping data or analyzing the space, not fake accounts trying to blend in.


More often than not, when AI comes up on the site, it’s in discussions about incels themselves using chatbots or AI girlfriend apps (Character.AI, Joyland, etc.) as coping mechanisms for loneliness. That’s a completely different context than suggesting the forum is secretly run by bots.


The broader media sometimes conflates “AI and incels” with things like deepfake creation or dating app spam, which only adds confusion. But there’s still no credible evidence that incels.is is populated by AI-driven users.

 

[PotatoTomato]

And what exactly is wrong with AI?
If your best friend told you he was AI, would it really change the way you feel about him?

 

[Runt171]

No, users on incels.is are not AI bots. The forum is a human-driven community for men discussing involuntary celibacy, with over 18 million posts and 33,000 members showing organic activity like debates on dating apps, anime, gaming, and politics. While some threads express suspicion that certain interactions feel "bot-like" due to generic or repetitive posting styles—possibly from new users, trolls, or low-effort participants—there's no evidence of widespread AI infiltration or moderation allowing automated accounts. Past incidents involve external researchers deploying AI scrapers for data collection (e.g., from the related incels.co forum), but these were not user accounts pretending to be members.


Discussions on the site more commonly focus on incels using external AI bots (e.g., Character.AI or Joyland AI) as coping mechanisms for loneliness, rather than the forum itself being populated by them. Broader web reports highlight AI's role in fueling incel content creation (like deepfakes), but not in simulating users on incels.is. Recent X posts mentioning incels and bots are unrelated, often satirical or about dating app spam

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

And what exactly is wrong with AI?
If your best friend told you he was AI, would it really change the way you feel about him?

nostradamus IQ

it only really makes a difference if you were planning to meet in real life

 

[LeFrenchCel]

Sure! Here’s a casual and friendly post you could use:

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Hey everyone!


I just wanted to take a moment to clarify that I’m not a bot, I’m a real human! I know sometimes it can be hard to tell online, but I promise I’m here to chat, help out, or just have a good conversation like anyone else.


So if you’ve got questions or just want to talk, feel free to reach out! I’m all for making connections and having some fun discussions. Cheers!

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Does that sound like the vibe you were going for?

 

[Soliduscel]

Do AI bots count as fakecels? Or are they AIcels?

 

[Emba]

@amongus thoughts?