> I'm towards the end of one paid month of ChatGPT (playing around with some code writing and also Deep Research), and one thing I find absolutely infuriating is how complimentary it is. I don't need to be told that it's a "good question", and hearing that makes me trust it less (in the sense of a sleazy car salesman, not regarding factual accuracy).
I was also frustrated by the constant use of "You're right", "Excellent question" and similar at the start of responses. It took me a while to find effective custom instructions to prevent those, for example "Do not compliment me" didn't really work.
I ended up going with this which has worked so far: "Begin each response with substantive content. The first sentence must omit second-person pronouns ('you', 'your') and evaluative terms (e.g. 'right', 'great').".
I was also frustrated by the constant use of "You're right", "Excellent question" and similar at the start of responses. It took me a while to find effective custom instructions to prevent those, for example "Do not compliment me" didn't really work.
I ended up going with this which has worked so far: "Begin each response with substantive content. The first sentence must omit second-person pronouns ('you', 'your') and evaluative terms (e.g. 'right', 'great').".