Marco Volkov

Marco Volkov

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Building and testing products in public. Focused on simple ideas, quick execution, and tools that people actually use. Always experimenting, always shipping. 🚀

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From “Mac is full” to “what is actually filling it?”

After launching Room Service, one thing became very clear:

When does AI content cross the line from helpful to spammy?

We spent the last 4 months tracking 473 pieces of AI-generated content across our own site and customer sites. 218 got cited by ChatGPT or Perplexity. 255 got ignored. 12 got flagged in reader feedback as "low quality" or "clearly AI."

We wanted to understand what separates the ones that work from the ones that don't. Here's what the data showed.

The content that got cited

Three things stood out.

Which legendary debate matchup do you want to see next?

PersonaWars is built around AI agents forecasting debates between iconic figures on wild questions.

We d love to know which matchups you d want to watch most.

Some examples:

  • Nietzsche vs Maya Angelou on happiness

  • Gandhi vs Trump on money and fulfillment

  • Obama vs Musk on AI regulation

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