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Author Credibility Concerns

Multiple commenters point to the author's previous blog post praising the Rabbit R1 as evidence of poor technical judgment and tendency toward unfounded enthusiasm for new technology

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Critics heavily discount the author’s technical insights, pointing to a previous blog post that hailed the ill-fated Rabbit R1 as a world-changing "milestone" and smartphone replacement. This history of "unfettered optimism" leads many to dismiss the author’s current praise for OpenClaw as mere hype, suggesting a pattern of prioritizing "vibes" and marketing videos over rigorous, critical assessment. While the author defends these past claims as early reflections on emerging tech, the community largely argues that such a track record of poor judgment makes it difficult to trust their professional credibility. Ultimately, the consensus is that the author’s tendency toward unfounded enthusiasm requires taking any of their new technical recommendations with a "giant pile of salt."

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If you look at his github you can see he is in the first week of giving into the vibes. The first week always leads to the person making absurd claims about productivity.
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Well, note that the previous post was about how great the Rabbit R1 is…
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Yeah, once I saw that I was like "Oh, so OpenClaw is probably going to be a dud too" :)
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Given that the authors previous post was about how the Rabbit R1 has “the potential to change the world”, I don’t expect much in the way of critical assessment here.
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Oh, wow, totally forgot about that. I kind of miss the brief period when there was a new absurd LLM-based gadget every week or so (actually, I think they are still coming out; there were some at CES. But everyone has largely lost interest).
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This is from the same person who wrote this [1] [1] https://reorx.com/blog/rabbit-r1-the-upgraded-replacement-fo...
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> NEXT PAGE > Rabbit R1 - The Upgraded Replacement for Smart Phones Kinda hard to take anything here seriously.
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This post is well summed up by the link at the end: "Next post, Rabbit R1, The Upgraded Replacement for Smart Phones".
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Love that OP's previous post is from 2024: Rabbit R1 - The Upgraded Replacement for Smart Phones
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Also the same author: > Generally, I believe (Rabbit) R1 has the potential to change the world. There is a pattern here.
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Quite literally, the previous post on this blog is from 2024 talking about what a revolution the Rabbit R1 is. We all know how that turned out. This is why I give every new trendy developer tool a few months to see if it’s really a good thing or just hype.
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> Generally, I believe R1 has the potential to change the world. oh man this is fantastic
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There isn’t a market. OP wrote that Rabbit R1 post after seeing the release video (according to a comment on this link, their blog post says otherwise) and immediately called it a ”milestone in the evolution of our digital organ” . Their judgement is obviously nonexistent. Something tells me they never even downloaded OpenClaw before writing this blog post. It’s probably an aspirational vision board type post their life coach told them to write because they kept talking about OepnClaw during their sessions, and the life coach got tired of their BS.
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> A milestone in the evolution of our digital organ.
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The jokes write themselves. Now you can have both, Openclaw comes preloaded on the R1. https://www.rabbit.tech/rabbit-r1
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Wait, the R1 still exists? Frankly, I had assumed they'd gone under.
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Literally came here to make this comment…. No desire to be a hater or ignore the possibility of any tech but…yeah…transformative that was not
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The same author had good things to say about the R1, a device you generally won't see many glowing reviews about. ( https://reorx.com/blog/rabbit-r1-the-upgraded-replacement-fo... ) Maybe it's unfair to judge an author's current opinion by their past opinion - but since the piece is ultimately an opinion based on their own experience I'm going to take it along a giant pile of salt that the author's standards for the output of AI tools are vastly different than mine.
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> Maybe it's unfair to judge an author's current opinion by their past opinion Yes I think it is
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No, it's actually reasonable und perfectly fine. Reputation, trustworthiness, limited/different perspectives exist. And one sided media does as weil. Or do you expect Fox News to publish an unbiased report just next?
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The blogger lists 6 years of experience on their homepage. Safe to take their opinions with a grain of salt.
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Our cognition evolves over time. That article was written when the Rabbit R1 presentation video was first released, I saw it and immediately reflect my thoughts on my blog. At that time, nobody had the actual product, let alone any idea how it actually worked. Even so, I still believe the Rabbit has its merits. This does not conflict with my view that OpenClaw is what is truly useful to me.
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I think this shows an unfettered optimism for things we don't know anything about. Many see this as a red flag for the quality of opinions. > R1 is definitely an upgraded replacement for smartphones. It’s versatile and fulfills all everyday requirements, with an interaction style akin to talking to a human. You seemed pretty certain about how the product worked!
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You literally wrote in the blog post: > Today, Rabbit R1 has been released, and I view it as a milestone in the evolution of our digital organ. You viewed it as a “milestone in the evolution of our digital organ” without you let alone anyone having even tested it? Yet you say ”That article was written when the Rabbit R1 presentation video was first released, I saw it and immediately reflect my thoughts on my blog.” ?
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I'm sorry dude but your last post was also hyping up R1 which was a total disaster. Do you mind actually sharing your experience with OpenClaw, such as how are you orchestrating a project? How much does it cost? How do you prompt it? What tasks do you get done? How much does it actually take to execute on those tasks? What is your interaction with the agent?
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Lmao (was the very next article suggested to me when i got to the end) https://reorx.com/blog/rabbit-r1-the-upgraded-replacement-fo...
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From his previous blog post: > Generally, I believe [Rabbit] R1 has the potential to change the world. This is a thought that seldom comes to my mind, as I have seen numerous new technologies and inventions. However, R1 is different; it’s not just another device to please a certain niche. It’s meticulously designed to serve one significant goal for all people: to improve lifestyle in the digital world.
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This guy's next blog post is hyping up the rabbit r1. How can one take this seriously?
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yeah, i can't take this post seriously if this was their other post. https://reorx.com/blog/rabbit-r1-the-upgraded-replacement-fo...
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lol that the "next" article was him glazing the failed Rabbit R1
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I mean... If Jason Calacanis told me the sky was blue, I would be _checking_. (At some point he seems to have gone from professionally-wrong-about-everything blogger to magical-podcast-thought-leader. I have no idea how this happened.)
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There is a reason I stopped listening to All-In Podcast.