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ChatGPT gave me product descriptions that were way too robotic until I tried this one fix
I run a small online store for vintage camera gear and I was using ChatGPT to write my product listings. The problem was every description sounded like a robot wrote it and they all had the same dull tone. After about 3 weeks of tweaking prompts I finally figured out a simple trick. I started giving it one example of my own writing first, like a paragraph I had actually written by hand for an old camera. Then I told it to match that style exactly and keep sentences short and natural. The output changed completely and now customers actually tell me the descriptions sound like a real person wrote them. Has anyone else noticed that feeding the AI your own voice helps more than just stacking keywords or adjectives?
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uma_wilson7912h ago
Wait, @evannelson, you actually tried the exact same thing tonight? That's wild because I just assumed nobody else would be nerdy enough to test it out that fast.
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evannelson17h ago
Wait, are you basically showing it how you actually talk and then telling it to just copy that? Because that's genius honestly. I've been struggling with the same thing where my listings for vintage jewelry all sound like they were written by a corporate drone from 2019. I tried the keyword stacking thing and it just made things worse, more robotic somehow. What you're describing sounds like the AI finally has a real reference point instead of guessing what "vintage camera guy voice" might sound like from a million average listings online. I'm gonna try that tonight with one of my own descriptions for an old brooch and see if it finally stops saying "this exquisite piece" every single time.
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