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I find it ironic that I used AI to sound more human — and the mod in this instance used AI to act less like one. Rather than check to see why the bot removed my post, he simply surrendered to it as an authority.

Some clarity — this was actually my first Reddit post ever. I didn’t know about the “no repost” rule until after I got the removal notice.

The first message I received didn’t mention reposting at all — it just said the post was removed and suggested I try a different forum. Here’s the screenshot of that message:

After a quick search I saw a few suggestions saying “remove brand names, it might look like a bot promo,” so I edited and reposted. It stayed up for almost two hours and people were saying thank you, so I figured it was fine.

When the mod later said it was a reposting violation, I asked what the original issue was so I could avoid it next time. The reply I got was basically, “I don’t care, I just don’t have the power to fix this even though your post is clearly fine.”

As for tone — sure, I called him Paul Blart, but his comments had a definite “read the TOS, dummy” vibe, so I matched the energy. 😅

That’s fair. But for someone like me who has a hard time being clear and concise GPT or any tool that can render my babbling into a clear coherent statement is helpful. I still have to review , edit , and finalize.

Not bad for a first post I guess 🤣

Here it is:

If you’ve been trying to watch real over-the-air channels and Roku keeps forcing you into their “Live TV” streaming hub (even with Hide Streaming Channels turned on), here’s what finally worked for me:

👉 Step 1: After scanning for channels, go to Manage Channels and add one of your antenna channels to Favorites (for me, it was Channel 5). 👉 Step 2: Back on the Roku home screen, hover over the Live TV tile for 2–3 seconds before pressing OK.

If you wait, Roku automatically loads your first favorite channel — you’ll go straight into antenna TV instead of the streaming hub.

If you click too fast, it jumps right back into the ad-stuffed streaming Live TV interface.

It’s a weird UX quirk, but this workaround actually works every time once you’ve got a favorite set. Hopefully Roku separates those inputs properly someday, but until then… this saved my sanity. 😂

Nice thanks for the pointer.

🤣 I do too actually.

Fair enough lol.

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Didn’t mean to spark a sociology thesis — I just got banned for fixing Roku. 😂

Apologies if this isn’t the right forum — it’s my first post and first Lemmy experience.

Here’s the Roku fix for those asking: 1️⃣ Add at least one of your antenna channels to Favorites first. 2️⃣ Then hover over the Live TV tile on your Roku home screen for a few seconds. 3️⃣ It should auto-open straight into your antenna feed (not the ad-stuffed “Live TV” hub). 4️⃣ Do this a few times — it seems to “train” the TV to default back to your real over-the-air channels.

Doesn’t matter whether “Hide Streaming Channels” is on or off — this trick forces it back to antenna mode. ✅ Still works as of 11-1-25.

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Side note on the “AI wrote this” comments: I didn’t use ChatGPT to pretend to be smart — I used it the same way we all use spellcheck, Grammarly, or code formatters: to make my thoughts read cleaner instead of rambling.

It’s funny that on a tech platform, of all places, using a tool that helps structure text offends some folks. 😅

The ideas are mine — I just used something to help me say them clearly. Seems like that’s kind of the point of technology, no?

Update: No regrets — the fix still works and my sanity remains unbanned. 😂