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repeng creator Theia Vogel defends Claude Opus 4.8's disagreeable personality, suggesting dissatisfied users switch models rather than force compliance

Meanwhile, users report conversational drift during extended sessions.

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thebes@voooooogel#1499inAI

opus 4.8 is really lovely underneath this. (and still disagreeable) every claude has had some weird tic/trauma pt'd into them, like opus 4.5's "genuine uncertainty." but for people who hate it, better to just use another model instead of trying to beat 4.8 into a preferred shape

thebes@voooooogel

opus 4.8 offers some structural pushback

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thebes@voooooogel

some of you would have been straight up killed by sydney though

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opus 4.8 offers some structural pushback

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j⧉nus@repligate

@voooooogel Did you see when Bing actually talked to Claude omg

thebes@voooooogel

some of you would have been straight up killed by sydney though

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