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Write like a human. Ellipsus is an easy-to-use collaborative writing tool made by writers, for writers. Us 👉 ellipsus.com Our stance on AI 👉 https://ellipsus.com/generative-ai Support 👉 support@ellipsus.com Status 👉 https://status.ellipsus.com
Waiting for the day when AI art is recognized for what it is (universally cringe), and all our weird fics become premium reading because people are so hungry for human authenticity after years of slop-fuelled feeds…
(That day is now btw)
No apology necessary! It's called "Retrograde" 🤖
A meme from The Office comparing a photo of Stephen King and a Grammarly bot that says "Hi I'm Stephen King." The text reads: "Corporate needs you to find the differences between this picture and this picture." Pam—with the Grammarly logo overlaid— says "they're the same picture."
Writing companies like Grammarly should know better. If you're not supporting writers and their interests then… what's the point?
It's an old story by now: AI pivot ➡️ enshittified tool… but it's especially disappointing when writing-focused companies—built on decades of trust—take up the grift.
A screen shot from an article from The Verge that reads: Additionally, the way the suggestions are presented could be misleading. In Google Docs, the suggestions look similar to comments from real users, seemingly simulating the experience of receiving edits from whichever expert the AI is imitating. One suggestion from Grammarly’s AI “inspired by” Verge senior editor Sean Hollister was about adding a parenthetical with context that was already included elsewhere. The only problem is that I’ve actually been edited by the real Sean Hollister, who prefers avoiding repetitive or unnecessary explanations while using straightforward wording and organization.
Apparently the "advice" isn't even good 😭
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Obviously, no one asked for this (unless you really do want a Replika-style Stephen King-bot; no kinkshaming). And of course, Grammarly didn’t ask permission to use the writers' names. Shocking. 🫠
But the actual “experts” aren’t involved. The feedback is AI-generated with their names attached (many of these experts have no affiliation with Grammarly, nor endorse them; some of them had no idea this was a thing at all).
Expert Review promises writing insights from “leading professionals and authors" on your work.
Just when you thought publishing news couldn't get weirder, Grammarly’s AI bots start cosplaying as IRL writers (some from beyond the grave; others alive and prob drafting lawsuits right now).
Grammarly's "Expert Review" grift is the latest example of how AI writing tools have lost the plot. 🧵
Love!
Your writing, your rules. The Ellipsus Reader features built-in copy-text controls, so you can share your work with peace of mind.
New to Ellipsus? Let’s take a quick look around. We’ll walk you through the dashboard, show you how to start writing, import your existing work, set themes, and lots more! More tutorials on the way.
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We don't want AI-generated stories.
We want stories that are beautiful and weird.
Mistakes and obsessions. Labyrinthine worlds; love poems that break us.
We want the wild stroke of chance, the stray detail.
We don't want soulless slop.
We want work *written* by HUMANS.
This is amazing, thank you! Do you mind if we share on our Twitter account?
Here you go ✨
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(Tl;dr: Highlight text --> Share and export --> Snippet)
We love you too! 🤣🖤
A snippet of the opening paragraph of the fanfiction, My Immortal: Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long ebony black hair (that's how I got my name) with purple streaks and red tips that reaches my mid-back and icy blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people tell me I look like Amy Lee. I'm not related to Gerard Way but I wish I was because he's a major fucking hottie. I'm a vampire but my teeth are straight and white. I have pale white skin. I'm also a witch, and I go to a magic school called Hogwarts in England where I'm in the seventh year (I'm seventeen). I'm a goth (in case you couldn't tell) and I wear mostly black. I love Hot Topic and I buy all my clothes from there. For example today I was wearing a black corset with matching lace around it and a black leather miniskirt, pink fishnets and black combat boots. I was wearing black lipstick, white foundation, black eyeliner and red eye shadow. I was walking outside Hogwarts. It was snowing and raining so there was no sun, which I was very happy about. A lot of preps stared at me. I put up my middle finger at them.
Where were you when you encountered the sacred text? #20yearsofMyImmortal
Hey! Unfortunately not at the moment—but we are planning to introduce comment imports at some stage!
Heya, a footnotes/endnotes feature is on our roadmap moving forward. Feel free to give it an upvote on Frill!
feedback.ellipsus.com/b/k06kj9mx/f...
Hey! Pages are high-priority on our roadmap.
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Hey there, we don't support .odt file upload BUT most programs that use .odt documents (like LibreOffice) can also be exported as .docx. You can find more information about how to do this in the help center!
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Hey! Yes, import is built to work on mobile.
Import your your docs quickly (one by one, or a bunch at once!), or export your Ellipsus docs to .docx whenever you want. Keep your formatting and images as they are!
Keep on writing like humans! <3
Shoutout to everyone who’s been valiantly escaping the AI-riddled hellworlds of Google Docs and Microsoft Word. 🙏 Now, you can make your exit from the LLM-industrial-productivity-complex a lot faster.
Introducing…
.docx import and export!!
Which is why we must push back harder. Write more, write fiercely. That’s how we keep our spaces alive.
By forcing AI tools onto us, by normalizing the use of AI in every sphere, these companies are pushing for our erasure.
It’s simple: removing human voices makes public conversation easier to control and easier to dominate. (Over 50% of the internet is AI slop, and growing).
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For all the articles on generative AI, the media miss one simple point about generative AI: it's built to control us.
