User adds /llm.txt to sites for LLM‑friendly content
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- sunshine-o manually adds a /llm.txt file to most websites they visit to give LLMs a concise, markdown‑based version of the content.
- sunshine-o notes that Chrome does not render the markdown in /llm.txt, which they find annoying.
- ahriad claims the web is broken for humans, prompting the creation of a clean web for machines.
- soco warns that the machine‑focused web may become saturated with ads and other unwanted content.
- sunshine-o expresses nostalgia for the simplicity of Gopher and Gemini web protocols.
Why it matters: LLM developers gain clearer, less noisy input data, while everyday web users may be forced to rely on stripped‑down pages that browsers like Chrome can’t render, opening the door for ad‑driven monetization of the machine‑centric web. This shifts control toward content aggregators and away from original publishers.
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