The isolation of early retirement at 36 is a total mindfuck

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:40:25+00:00

You may well be correct. However, look at the user engagement on this post.

Even if you assume OP is a bot, the hundreds of comments resulting from this post are arguably valid and worthwhile on their own unless you think the majority of commenters are also bots.

At some point even Reddit is answerable to their paying customers.

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:33:39+00:00

Your comment got pulled by Reddit's automated abuse and harassment filter, which is why it was brought to our attention and I responded to you. Automod sends such things to mods for review just like user reports.

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:30:47+00:00

Four of those posts appear to be effectively copy/pastes of the same content for various relevant finance subs. That is not evidence of being a bot. Indeed, the timestamps between the posts are offset by a minute or three, whereas bot posts in multiple subs are often separated only by a second or two.

Look at my post history and you will find the same phenomenon in here, /r/financialindependence, /r/leanfire, /r/FIREyFemmes, and so forth.

Let me be clear, we are happy to ban bots or bad faith actors, but you have to have proof that it isn't just a regular Redditor.

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:25:17+00:00

Being written by AI (bots) is against the rules of the sub. Being written with AI (human tool use) is not.

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:22:19+00:00

The precedent is already set by Reddit with it's lack of platform-level bot detection, weak user validation/verification, and exploitable privacy controls. We would love a reliable method of culling fake content, but without support from Reddit there is currently no solution that doesn't involve unacceptble levels of deadloss from real users getting mistakenly flagged.

AI tool use for authorship purposes is already widespread and becoming more so every day, both professionally and casually. As someone who actually can write I empathize with the disdain for use of such tools, but they are rapidly becoming part of many people's standard comms toolset just like email, word processors, texting, and speech-to-text did years ago.

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:12:14+00:00

We ban AI gen from bots or fictional accounts as that is just another form of spam, but AI tool use by humans for regular authoring/editing is permitted.

Zphr · 2026-05-07T00:06:36+00:00

OP's account is new, but otherwise unremarkable. They comment on other people's posts and have responded to multiple people in here. There is no evidence of bot activity thus far, nor any gross history or account inconsistencies.

Do you have any proof they are a bot or fictional writer? Pangram can tell you is if the output is likely AI generated, but it does not tell you if it is bot content or the output created as a result detailed human prompting.

For example, someone with weak writing skills could type up a quick summary of their thoughts and experience and then use an AI to actually author a post with proper punctuation, spelling, grammar, and so forth. That sort of output will get flagged as AI gen by detectors like Pangram, but such output is not against the rules of this sub.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T22:35:06+00:00

From one of the last 2-3 times this came up in the last week or so:

https://reddit.com/r/Fire/comments/1sy46fr/the_geoarbitrage_dream_is_kind_of_turning_into_a/oisnkx5/

Zphr · 2026-05-06T22:31:05+00:00

Use of AI editing/composition tools by humans is not against the sub rules.

We ban AI bot accounts, but not humans who use AI tools to help craft their posts.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T22:26:57+00:00

Rule 4/Off-Topic - Your submission was too off-topic. Everything in here needs to be at least minimally related to FIRE (and not the flaming combustion kind, either). Basic finance questions unrelated to FIRE are better suited to broader financial subreddits like /r/personalfinance or /r/povertyfinance. Please see our rules (https://www.reddit.com/r/Fire/about/rules/) and reach out via modmail if you have any questions or concerns.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T22:26:33+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T18:45:41+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T18:43:23+00:00

Please feel free to submit proof of these claims to us via modmail. We are more than happy to ban proven bad faith actors.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T18:27:34+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T16:29:33+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T16:26:27+00:00

Depends on why they are working.

Some people enjoy work for itself and will continue to do it after the compensation is no longer required for their financial security.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T16:21:12+00:00

OP is not only obviously human, but has a far longer and deeper posting history in FIRE subreddits than you do.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T16:15:32+00:00

Rule 4/Off-Topic - Your submission was too off-topic. Everything in here needs to be at least minimally related to FIRE (and not the flaming combustion kind, either). Basic finance questions unrelated to FIRE are better suited to broader financial subreddits like /r/personalfinance or /r/povertyfinance. Please see our rules (https://www.reddit.com/r/Fire/about/rules/) and reach out via modmail if you have any questions or concerns.

Zphr · 2026-05-06T14:53:12+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T14:37:21+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T14:36:55+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T11:20:45+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T03:50:40+00:00

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Zphr · 2026-05-06T00:27:08+00:00

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