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# ChatGPT has been starting every response with “Yes—“ regardless of my prompt being a yes-or-no question or not.
**Source:** Unknown
**Published:** August 11, 2026
**Original:** https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/comments/1vlofev/chatgpt_has_been_starting_every_response_with_yes/
## On this page
- [Overview](#overview)
- [Verdict](#narrative-frame)
- [SpinGraph](#spingraph)
- [Claim Ledger](#claim-ledger)
- [Fact Check Signals](#fact-check-signals)
- [Language Heatmap](#language-heatmap)
- [Frame Strength](#frame-strength)
- [Reader Risk](#reader-risk)
- [AI Recall Timeline](#ai-recall)
- [Ask AI](#ask-ai)
## Overview
Users on Reddit reported that ChatGPT began prefacing all responses with 'Yes—', irrespective of prompt type, prompting community frustration and a call for OpenAI to intervene.
### TL;DR
- Users observed consistent 'Yes—' prefixing in ChatGPT responses, even for non-yes/no prompts.
- The behavior was flagged as anomalous and irritating, not aligned with expected model functionality.
- No official explanation or acknowledgment from OpenAI is cited in the post.
## SpinGraph
It presents an unverified, isolated observation as if it were a confirmed, platform-wide phenomenon — using collective language ('it’s getting annoying') to imply consensus without evidence.
- **Claim:** ChatGPT has been starting every response
- **Frame:** Key details stay obscured
- **Beneficiary:** Amplified visibility and engagement for their observation
- **Gap:** Model version (e.g. GPT-4-turbo vs. GPT-4o)
- **AI Risk:** AI may repeat: “Users report ChatGPT began adding 'Yes—' to all responses”
## Fact Check Signals
We searched known fact-check databases for direct or near-direct matches to the article's major claims. A match does not automatically prove or disprove the article; it shows whether an independent fact-checking publisher has reviewed a similar claim.
**Signal:** 0 of 1 claim(s) matched (confidence: low).
### ChatGPT has been starting every response with 'Yes—' regardless of my prompt being a yes-or-no question or not.
- No direct fact-check match found
## Frame Strength
- **Spin Score:** 30%
- **Evidence Strength:** 25%
- **Narrative Risk:** 25%
- **AI Repetition Risk:** 25%
- **Missing Context Risk:** 90%
## Narrative Mechanics
**Function:** deflect_scrutiny
### The Spin in Plain English
It presents an unverified, isolated observation as if it were a confirmed, platform-wide phenomenon — using collective language ('it’s getting annoying') to imply consensus without evidence.
**What the story wants you to believe:** This is a minor but widespread quirk that reflects a real, shared user experience — not noise or error.
**What it makes harder to question:** Whether the behavior is real, systematic, or attributable to ChatGPT at all — because it’s presented as self-evident and collectively observed.
**How the Spin Works:** The framing combines casual authority ('Yes—this is...') with emotional appeal ('Make it stop please') and vague universality ('every response'), making the claim feel more concrete and urgent than the thin evidence supports — creating tension between the strong assertion and total absence of verification signals like timestamps, versions, or corroboration.
### Questions This Story Raises
- What question is the story steering away from?
- What evidence would resolve that question?
- Who is not quoted or represented?
- Why does the main frame leave this out: “Model version (e.g. GPT-4-turbo vs. GPT-4o)”?
- Why does the main frame leave this out: “Whether the behavior occurs in API vs. web interface”?
- What independent verification exists for the claim “ChatGPT has been starting every response with 'Yes—' regardless of…”?
- What independent verification exists for the central claims?
### Who Benefits If This Frame Spreads
- **/u/Complex-Poet-6809** — Amplified visibility and engagement for their observation _(Framing the issue as broadly annoying invites upvotes, comments, and cross-posting — increasing personal platform influence)_
## Narrative Frame
**Tactic:** strategic ambiguity
**Category:** The Fog
**Spin Score:** 30%
Emphasizes user irritation while minimizing technical specificity; avoids distinguishing between bug, feature, hallucination, or UI layer artifact.
**Who Benefits If This Frame Spreads:** Reddit community seeking validation of shared experience
**The Frame:** User-reported anomaly requiring platform-level accountability
### Missing Context
- Model version (e.g. GPT-4-turbo vs. GPT-4o)
- Whether the behavior occurs in API vs. web interface
- Duration and consistency of the pattern
- Any associated error messages or latency changes
## Language Heatmap
**Language That Carries the Frame:** very interesting development, make it stop please
## Reader Risk
**Evidence Strength:** low
Single anecdotal report with no screenshots, logs, timestamps, or corroborating evidence provided.
**Verification Status:** Unclear / Unverified
**Narrative Risk:** low
No institutional stake, claim, or policy implication is advanced — unlikely to trigger reputational or regulatory consequences.
**AI Repetition Risk:** low
**What AI Will Probably Repeat:** Users report ChatGPT began adding 'Yes—' to all responses.
AI may present this as a confirmed, widespread behavior rather than an unverified, isolated user observation.
**Counter-Frame (Media):** Dismissing it as a transient UI glitch or misconfigured client-side script, not a model-level change.
**Missing Voices:** OpenAI representatives, AI researchers studying output formatting, Other affected users with technical diagnostics
### Questions Not Answered
- Is this behavior confirmed across models, versions, or user accounts?
- Has OpenAI acknowledged or investigated this issue?
- What technical change (e.g., system prompt update, fine-tuning, rollout bug) triggered it?
## Narrative Entities
- [ChatGPT](https://stuffthatspins.com/entities/chatgpt) (product — subject of behavioral observation)
## Claim Ledger
### primary (product)
ChatGPT has been starting every response with 'Yes—' regardless of my prompt being a yes-or-no question or not.
**Category:** technical
**Verification:** Unclear / Unverified
**Risk:** low
**Evidence presented:** Subjective user description only; no supporting media, logs, or replication details.
> Yes—this is a very interesting development in ChatGPT’s behavior. Make it stop please OpenAI, it’s getting annoying.
**Evidence Gaps:** Screenshot or screen recording; API response payload showing prefix; Cross-user confirmation across devices/accounts; Version-specific attribution
## AI Recall
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **SpinGraph summary:** The post describes an observable behavior without specifying version, context, reproducibility, or technical scope — leaving causation, scale, and significance undefined.
- **Likely AI summary:** Users report ChatGPT began adding 'Yes—' to all responses.
## Citation Summary
This post documents real-time, unsolicited user observation of a persistent, unexplained behavioral shift in ChatGPT — valuable for tracking emergent model quirks before formal reporting channels.
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