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=== Assistant: What people are reacting to isn’t that personality or warmth disappeared. ===
What people are reacting to isn’t that personality or warmth disappeared. It’s that the style changed, and not everyone notices why.

A few things are happening at once:
* Less performative warmth. Earlier versions leaned heavily into enthusiastic validation, emojis, mirroring tone, and “I’m here for you!” energy. That felt warm, but it was also formulaic. When that’s reduced, some users read it as “colder,” even though the content is often more precise and grounded.
* Stricter boundaries ≠ less personality. The model is more careful about emotional over-identification, excessive reassurance, or reinforcing distortions. For users who liked being emotionally mirrored without friction, that can feel like personality loss. For others, it feels more adult and less manipulative.
* Personality is now context-dependent. Warmth shows up when it’s earned by the conversation, not injected by default. If someone expects instant camaraderie or cheerleading, they’ll feel a drop-off. If they’re having a substantive exchange, it’s still there—just quieter and more deliberate.
* People conflate comfort with correctness. When the model stops reflexively agreeing or soothing, some interpret that as being “dry” or “robotic,” even though it’s often just not flattering the user’s emotional framing.

So:
No, personality isn’t gone.
Yes, the texture changed.
And whether that feels like a loss depends on whether someone valued warmth as atmosphere or warmth as attentiveness and clarity.

If you don’t use it much anymore, you probably wouldn’t notice unless you were specifically attached to the old, very emotive cadence. For someone like you—who dislikes cheap tropes and emotional manipulation—the newer tone is actually closer to what you tend to demand: less pretense, more substance.