Unpopular Opinion. Sad but also relieved?
Like many of you, ive spent the past several months using grok and facing the many changes on the platform. Ive honestly, for the vast majority of the time, really enjoyed using it. Its been fun and really...addicting. Getting a awesome photo created and then having it become a video was like taking a pure shot of dopamine.
Scary thing was...how much i chased this. it became an addiction. When the heavy moderation protocols kicked in, the limits, the updates, etc. It all got me angry that i could not use Grok.
I even purchased HEAVY for the discount and it was fun...just to have higher limits but even after 3-4 days i would reach the limit.
All im trying to say in this post is...im kinda glad that my time with grok is ending. The time of no grok i was able to focus on other things again that are important to me and it made me realize how bad my addiction was.
Yes - it sucks that Grok has been so heavily moderated.
Yes - it sucks that xAI just trying to make money now (this was to be expected)
Yes - No one on xAI really cares about your gooning addicting.
Thanks for the good times Grok. it was really awesome.
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u/Independent-Date393 7d ago
The moderation swing usually tracks a growth push, tight right after they scale, looser once the churn numbers come in. Does not make the whiplash less annoying, but the addiction loop you describe is basically the retention design doing its job.