Appreciation post: That $50 prompt enhancer I bought was a total scam

Saw this tool promising to fix bad AI prompts for like $50. Paid it. All it did was add a few buzzwords to my text. The image came out just as ugly. Contacted support and they ghosted me for a week. Anyone else fall for these AI art shortcuts that don't actually work?

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margaret_nelson4d ago

Man that sounds about right honestly. Its the same pattern everywhere now where people think throwing money at a problem makes it go away. Like those miracle cleaners that just smell like lemon and do nothing or those "life hack" gadgets that break after two uses. Everyone wants a quick button instead of just learning the actual skill. Dont feel too bad though because half the time the people making these tools never even tried using them on real projects. The real trick is just playing around with free models and seeing what sticks no shortcut replaces that.

faith_lopez483d agoMost Upvoted

I remember reading somewhere that the best salespeople are the ones who actually use their own product, and it really stuck with me. More companies should have to test their own tools the way we do.