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What tool makes these readme’s for new github repos that are bulletpointed lists with features, always prefixed by an emoji?

• maximevalette 1y ago
  Basically any LLM
• yapyap 1y ago
  AI, I presume (but I’m not sure) that the code “agent” they are using creates it.
• edm0nd 1y ago
  [flagged]
• bravesoul2 1y ago
  Tool is an insult when applied to a human...
• diggan 1y ago
  Not specifically about readmes/GitHub repos, but I've noticed some LLMs like Sonnet and GPT4.1 are really enthusiastic about doing emoji-prefixed lists for some reason.
  • dewey 1y ago
    Trained on too many JS libraries.
  • aritrogh 1y ago
    Not necessarily a helpful thing, In fact I think that we were to use this to create dynamic prompts then it increases exponentially
• sunrunner 1y ago
  I think this trend has been around for a while now (it started to become more noticable for me at least a couple of years ago). At first there seemed to be a correlation between how 'cool' the project was and the number of emoji, but now it seems like it's as expected as just having a README itself. I've definitely seen _more_ decorated READMEs, and I can't help but feel like there's an inverse correlation between emoji count and readability.
• username135 1y ago
  When ever I see tons of emojis in a list/faq/readme I first think of LLM output.
  • jdironman 1y ago
    I do as well when I see: # Code Comments Every Few Lines
• vanrohan 1y ago
  It's probably LLM generated. Adding a fun/cool factor to the project. I created a Chrome Extension where you can "emojify" any text with a right-click. https://emoji-bot.com https://emoji-bot.com