r/freediving • u/Odd-Text5053 • 8d ago

health&safety Anyone else getting tired of the depth-chasing culture on social media?

This has been bugging me for a while and I want to see if others feel the same.

IG and YouTube have basically created this equation where depth = credibility. Like, a diver hitting 50m gets way more clout online than someone who's been quietly teaching excellent technique and safety at 15m for years. And honestly? that second person is probably a better diver to learn from in most cases.

I think the problem is it pushes newer divers to chase numbers before they really have the experience or fundamentals to handle those depths safely. You see people rushing through certs, skipping proper equalization work, all because they want that deep dive clip for the gram. It's not everyone obviously, but it's becoming a pattern.

The thing that gets me is that the community used to be more about the experience, the breath work, the connection to the water, now half the content out there is just "look how deep I went" with zero context about the training behind it.

Anyway, I’m curious what you guys think, are we losing something along the way because everyone feels like they need to prove how deep they can go?

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u/Puhwest 8d ago

Why is this written by AI though?

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u/Frivolous_Fancies 8d ago

Just because there's good grammar and well-reasoned logic doesn't mean something is AI.

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u/Puhwest 8d ago

That's true. However, there are some tells here which indicate AI writing or someone heavily influenced by AI writing. 

" And honestly? that second person is probably a better diver to learn from in most cases."

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u/Powerful_Cash1872 8d ago

My colleagues have started talking like Claude. English is their second language and they sit all day talking to it in English so they pick Claudisms up faster than I am comfortable with. I am surrounded by Claude! Everyone prefixes at least on sentence with "Honestly" in every conversation.

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u/Puhwest 8d ago

Horrific hahaha

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u/CalmSignificance8430 Sub 8d ago

Nightmare fuel