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Product Description Writer...Really??

Mersha — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:32:31 GMT

I was reading the description of the TSV for 9/12/23 for Ryka shoes and was taken aback:

Description

Do you feel that crisp chill in the air? Fall has arrived! So grab your windbreaker and the Ava quilted slip-ons, and head to the apple orchard, pumpkin patch, or a bonfire in the woods (toasted marshmallows, anyone?).

They keep your feet warm and dry with a soft Teddy bear lining and a water-repellent design. Outdoor adventures await, and these trend-right shoes comfortably step up to the plate. From Ryka.

I am guessing you will have a lot more "toasted" than just marshmallows if you have a festive bonfire "in the woods."

Methinks they need to revise the wording.

Re: Product Description Writer...Really??

Goldengate8361 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:30:24 GMT

So, it's just plain corny, but the writer is trying to paint a picture for us, I guess. They do that at Q all the time....it doesn't encourage me to make a purchase but maybe it works with some people. Idk.

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Desertdi — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:32:39 GMT

Probably AI

I looked up to see where Ben Franklin was buried, and the "robot" said, "he was sorry for my loss".

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ManyMeows — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:51:08 GMT

🙆 I would love to take a crack at creating snappy product descriptions.

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Mersha — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 06:10:33 GMT

@ManyMeows Just don't list attending bonfires in the woods!

Smokey will arrest you.

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wifey2qt — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 08:50:41 GMT

This is AI guaranteed .......... they don't pay someone to sit and write up descriptions !

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PhilaLady1 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 09:16:32 GMT

Wiki defines bonfire as a large and controlled outdoor fire. So the word controlled is there. But I think that campfire would have been a better choice.

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jackthebear — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:13:59 GMT

@wifey2qt wrote:
This is AI guaranteed .......... they don't pay someone to sit and write up descriptions !

100%

they also are not using anyone to proofread!

still needs to be checked

Re: Product Description Writer...Really??

Imaoldhippie — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:05:13 GMT

At one time I would have said, not a big deal, nobody would be dumb enough to start a fire in the woods. But today!

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IMW — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:53:26 GMT

Maybe not a lot of real, specific info re shoes so they tell a nice fuzzy story in the hopes that the prospective

buyer won't notice.

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wifey2qt — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:55:13 GMT

@jackthebear - sure in theory, but clearly if they are relying on AI they aren't going beyond that

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Harpa — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:59:01 GMT

@IMW wrote:
Maybe not a lot of real, specific info re shoes so they tell a nice fuzzy story in the hopes that the prospective
buyer won't notice.

I agree about fuzzy stories! I was just thinking of Perricone and how they always "describe" those products!!

I think if not for all the "word drama," I might have tried more Perricone!

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Bookplate — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:05:07 GMT

AI descriptions are guaranteed to fail spectacularly at some point. I just heard on NPR that the NYC website pages are translated into 130 languages by Google Translate. Chinese language readers noticed the following: Google translated the CPC acronym for City Planning Commission to Chinese Communist Party, to the confusion of many.

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Harpa — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:08:40 GMT

@Bookplate They are bringing that into education like a house-afire!

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LindaSal — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 12:11:15 GMT

Apple orchards! Pumpkin patch! Toasted marshmellows......oh my!!!!

As silly as people writing reviews who seem to just have to tell us where they are wearing their new clothing items or what they are wearing it with, so annoying.

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Goldengate8361 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 13:00:35 GMT

@LindaSal @I so agree with your post! I guess they like mentioning places that we might wear their items that sound idealistic or charming.....The truth is that we wear Q clothes to do far less exciting things...like running to the drugstore or grocery store....picking up kids from karate classes, sitting in our home offices working a job, or taking a walk around the block. I continue to be amused at their stories where we could wear their clothes....And, oh my goodness...the number of weddings we must be going to! LOL

Re: Product Description Writer...Really??

Mersha — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:52:52 GMT

@Imaoldhippie wrote:
At one time I would have said, not a big deal, nobody would be dumb enough to start a fire in the woods. But today!

@Imaoldhippie Thank you. That was the point of the thread.

Who would start a bonfire in the woods to toast marshmallows?

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beckyb1012 — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:40:12 GMT

The person who wrote it as probably never actually been in the woods. Need to reread their content at least once.

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Bookplate — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:45:51 GMT

@Harpa wrote:
@Bookplate They are bringing that into education like a house-afire!

@Harpa I know; my background is in academia. And they used to think that term paper plagerism was a problem!

Re: Product Description Writer...Really??

Mersha — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 16:46:20 GMT

@beckyb1012 That is my thought also.

Even if AI did write the description, certainly someone checked the info before putting it out there for the public on a TSV.

Bonfires in the woods to toast marshmallows should not be something someone thinks is a good idea.