A&L Aroma. But where from?

Or even if not daily. Only when time allows, he looks up and checks the situation. I, by the way, have also been making sure to check in at least once a week since then.

Even if I can’t comment anywhere because the faster ones “spoil the punchline” sooner, interesting things can still be seen. And it’s secondary whether this results in more questions or answers…

I guess that’s why the site itself was created. Oh, and the application too.

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I am here daily…there are a few topics that I immediately block (e.g., those concerning aromas, disposable gadgets), but I gladly follow everything else even if I don’t comment on it.
I am here for the humor factor too… although it used to provide more tear-inducing laughter experiences. Since then, we have been nicely regulated :rofl:

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One of the best features of the site is muting topics. Previously I didn’t understand what it was for, but after I started using it, I see vaperina completely differently. :grin:

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Yeah, yeah…muting, not 'banning’:+1: …and it’s really useful.

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AI indeed doesn’t vape and has no personal experience, but that’s not its job either. What it does extremely well, however, is gather and organize experiences, thus giving us an effective and fast search tool.

According to surveys from recent years, people’s internet usage has significantly changed due to AI. Several studies have shown that a large portion of users now turn directly to AI instead of Google for certain topics because it is faster, more convenient, and immediately provides a summarized answer. Because of this, the classic “search” step is omitted more often, because AI saves the entire search process, thus reducing the use of Google and other search engines in certain areas.

At the same time, AI must be treated conditionally, because it can still hallucinate, meaning when it cannot find concrete information, it supplements it with its own—often erroneous—assumption. That is precisely why we continuously review Gilbert’s answers, and if it writes something foolish, we can intervene immediately.

Gilbert operates under fairly strict rules:

  • if there is no reliable data for something, it prefers to say that it did not find reliable information,
  • in all cases where it is not answering from its own knowledge base, it is obliged to cite a source,
  • this guarantees that it passes on real, readable, verifiable information.

This is a lengthy and complex process, but as we refine it, we will have to intervene less often, which already shows clear progress. This is why we dared to make it available to answer publicly…


Mental health is the most important! :hugs:
Muting / ignoring is indeed very useful because it saves you from unnecessary stress, annoyance, and uninteresting content. On Vaperina, the filtering / notification options are quite diverse and flexible:

  • topics can be muted,
  • tags,
  • categories,
  • users,
  • and there are even separate settings for chat.

At the same time, there is also the option that if you want to follow something with special attention, you can set the notification level for topics, tags, categories, chat channels to Following, or follow users so you are notified of all their posts.

So it is quite flexible, and everything is really in place so that you only see what you want and nothing that you don’t.

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Please describe where I can set (if possible) so that I don’t see topics related to aromas in the new topics section. This way I wouldn’t need to constantly mute by topic. The AI will filter out from the content of the new topics whether it relates to the aroma anyway.
For the current topic, the ‘Questions’ and ‘Order’ tag/category is assigned… I wouldn’t mute these by default, but since the content relates to aromas, I would still automatically block/mute it… if that is/were possible.

The AI collects all written vape experiences from the net… the source of these is unreliable (anyone can write anything) … we know those who share experiences here, we trust them. If what you write were true, then this community wouldn’t even be necessary… since there is the AI “who knows everything” :grin:
Right?

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Technically it would naturally be solvable, however, so few people would use it that it wouldn’t be worth paying extra for the AI to examine every topic at this level. If I figure out a universal solution for this in the future, then AI filtering might become possible.

If… it’s not that simple… :sweat_smile:

I didn’t say that the AI would replace the community, quite the opposite, it complements it.

Of course, most random posts found on the net are unreliable or subjective, we know that too. That’s why Gilbert doesn’t use “the entire internet,” but operates within very conscious, strict limitations:

It does not summarize every random opinion!

Gilbert doesn’t blindly absorb all Reddit/Facebook etc. posts. Instead:

  • primarily works from its own knowledge base, scientific articles, official tests, standards, technical documentation, and large-scale databases, not anonymous posts,
  • even when considering community experience, it prefers large, old, moderated, credible communities (e.g., Vaperina, ECF, highly rated answers on Reddit r/electronic_cigarette etc.),
  • and it does not draw conclusions from a single comment, but builds a consensus from multiple sources,
  • and if a topic is subjective (e.g., “which flavor is the best”), it doesn’t state the truth, but indicates that it is a matter of taste (e.g., many users think X, others think Y) and only summarizes the most frequently mentioned experiences, with sources (by quoting).

What does it actually do?

It’s like a very fast and very thorough librarian who:

  • gathers relevant studies in moments,
  • compares community consensus,
  • and creates a transparent, concise summary from this.

This does not diminish the value of the community… in fact, it increases it much more.

Because:

  • only people can continue to share personal, real experience,
  • since we review its answers, the Community gives the final approval to the information, we still provide credibility,
  • discussions, photos, opinions, and help still originate from us.

Gilbert only adds that it helps access this information faster and more transparently. So you don’t have to read the same topic for the hundredth time. It does not replace the community, it strengthens it. :vaperina:

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