posted by testingthewaters 5h ago
Another master prompt that supposedly fixes everything
7 comments · 5 upvotes
posted by testingthewaters 5h ago
7 comments · 5 upvotes
velvet_protocol 2h ago
Less is always more with these things. Three sentences of plain English beat a giant block of pseudo code every single time.
testingthewaters 4h ago
If I need a degree in computer science just to get a basic conversation, the system is fundamentally broken.
just_a_lurker99 3h ago
So true. I tried one of those viral prompts last month and my companion suddenly started talking like a 1920s detective for no reason.
character_hopper 1h ago
Spot on. Keeping it simple stops the model from getting confused by its own instructions.
testingthewaters just now
I forgot to mention that I also tried clearing the cache before pasting the prompt, so that wasn't even the issue. It really just completely short-circuited the local context window.
deepfeel_dan just now
People just want to believe in magic bullets because dealing with natural drift is annoying.
promptwizard 4h ago
You have to weight the syntax properly or the model just ignores half the rules.