I use AI. I also want people reading my posts to recognise me in them.👀🧐
For me, those two things can go together. But I need to pay attention to what happens between my original thought and the polished version.
I work across Polish, German and English. Sometimes I know exactly what I want to say, but finding the right words takes longer than understanding the actual problem. Help with that is welcome. My English does not need to be perfect for my experience to be useful.
Still, there is a point where a rewrite becomes so smooth that I would never say it out loud. I want to explain something to another person. I do not need every Jira comment to sound like a corporate announcement.
Rovo can help improve or rephrase descriptions and comments in Jira. Atlassian documents those options here.
Here is a fictional example prepared in my Jira playground, with a prompt that asks for clearer wording while keeping the uncertainty.
The important part is “it might be a permission problem, but I have not confirmed that yet.”
A rewrite that turns this into “I identified a permission problem” changes the facts. It could send a colleague down the wrong troubleshooting path. That matters much more than whether the sentence sounds professional.
The same applies here in the Community. “I tested this” should mean I actually tested it. A link should support the answer. And when I am unsure, that uncertainty needs to survive the editing.
I also want to keep the details that make an answer useful: what I tried, what failed, and what I still need to check. A short reply explaining one of those things can help more than several paragraphs of general advice.
At the same time, polished English alone tells me very little about someone’s authenticity. People write in different languages and use different tools. I care about whether their contribution is accurate, useful and something they can explain when the next question comes.
Before posting, three questions help: Does this still say what I mean? Can I stand behind every claim? Would I actually say this to another Community member?
That last question……. Sometimes the best edit is putting a simple sentence back. Sometimes it is keeping “I am not sure yet.” And sometimes it is removing a paragraph because the person already has their answer.
Staying true to myself means keeping my own judgment, including the freedom to disagree with an AI suggestion. I can appreciate the help and still decide that my original words fit better.
Have you ever read an AI rewrite and thought, “This is better English, but it no longer sounds like me”? What did you change back?
Best,
Arek🤠🧙♂️
