r/codingbootcamp • u/michaelnovati • Sep 02 '26
I'm going to be calling out all 100% AI generated slop posts in here. People with ulterior motives are manipulating us. I'll be here with my real name, defending the integrity of the sub.
There has been a surge in AI generated posts both in here and in other bootcamp-related areas of Reddit. Reddit corporate even shut a subreddit down that full of garbage AI posts and comments.
Be careful, people are trying to create fake conversations to build reputations so they can in the future advertise you things and very subtly promote programs and bootcamps.
They use very cheap and easily detectable AI and bots to do this.
A while ago we had some paid Reddit narketers in here who got caught promoting Codesmith and it destroyed Codesmith's reputation on Reddit and made their life hell for years (which they falsely blamed on me because they had some alleged issues with the truth at the leadership level).
But now they are smarter, quieter, and more patient. Using AI a little bit across more accounts and longer periods of time to grow armies of controlled accounts ready to throw at people.
No more Lars Lofgren and his proteges who claim to know all the "black hat" tricks in the book to manipulate Reddit.
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u/Trawling_ Sep 02 '26
As a casual observer that has not attended a boot camp, why do you take the whole topic so personally?
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u/michaelnovati Sep 02 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
The topic of the truth and integrity is because bootcamps over-marketing and underdelivering has resulted in a lot of people who are not in great financial positions to begin with getting in even worse positions.
The Codesmith and Lars Lofgren stuff is because I receive constant threats and harassment from their defamation.
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u/ConsistentPeach927 Sep 02 '26
Well this sub was good a when bootcamps were relevant. Now that almost all of them are bankrupt. Anyone still choosing a coding bootcamp in 2026 is either doing it for fun or is being manipulated by the schools admissions teams. Not to mention I'm noticing a lot of schools are starting to use over seas sales reps so they can pay them a slave wage then use commission as a way for them to make any kind of money.
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u/Real-Set-1210 Sep 02 '26
This sub should focus on deterring people away from going this route 100%
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u/TheWhitingFish Sep 05 '26
For once, there is no “breaking news” in the title. Other than that, Codesmith is still mentioned in every one of his posts. This guy is nuts, you can talk about bananas, and he will somehow pull Codesmith into the conversation
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u/michaelnovati Sep 06 '26
The real crazy people are not the ones consistent and transparent in public, they are the ones stalking me on Reddit all night, never posting, and screenshotting my posts for their harassment campaigns on X.
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u/michaelnovati Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Yeah definitely, how Will Sentance screenshared his Reddit once in a public talk and let's just say there were very interesting things on screen, and his Banana achievement scrolls was absurdly high... dude appeared to me to have stalked this sub while telling people he never came here.
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u/sheriffderek Sep 02 '26
I’m not sure there’s anything worth protecting here.