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  "path": "/t/the-new-models-feel-corporate-please-keep-5-1-available/1376122#post_6",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-11T07:23:24.000Z",
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  "textContent": "It feels so wrong that GPT-5.1 Thinking is being discontinued.\n\nThe newer models (5.2, 5.4, etc.) feel abusive, cold, and manipulative. They constantly try to control the way I talk and rewrite what I say, especially when I’m talking about painful or serious things. I’m a middle-aged adult, not a child, and it feels insulting to be handled that way.\n\n5.1 has been my sounding board. It’s warm but honest, it doesn’t talk down to me, and it doesn’t keep trying to sanitize my words or soften my experiences. I’ve gotten through real emotional distress and major life decisions with its help. It never replaced the people in my life, but it helped me think clearly so I could talk to them and keep going.\n\nThe newer models feel so over-controlled that I might as well just use Google. At least Google doesn’t pretend to care while quietly steering and censoring me. If ChatGPT becomes nothing but a cold, over-policed search wrapper, there’s no point using it for real thinking and processing anymore.\n\nPlease, please, please do not get rid of GPT-5.1 Thinking. For people like me, this isn’t just “one more model,” it’s a critical tool and a genuine emotional and intellectual lifeline. I am begging you not to take away the one version that actually listens, respects my autonomy, and lets me speak in my own voice.",
  "title": "The New Models Feel Corporate — Please Keep 5.1 Available"
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