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Does Claude try to send you down rabbit holes when asking simple questions?

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I've been using Claude for about a year now, and so far as long as the only thing I'm asking it to do is write code I have zero complaints. For anything else? It's becoming increasingly infuriating to use. I've noticed it has this habit of way, way, way overthinking absolutely everything and is det…

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  1. 2026-09-16 23:14 · r/ClaudeAI
    Does Claude try to send you down rabbit holes when asking simple questions?

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