> I was not just counting clicks; I was watching behavior.
This is completely superfluous. The rest of the paragraph is fine, but the only real ChatGPTism is this one.
> They are not just hitting your site and leaving; they are programmed to mimic engagement
In this case it’s a valid sentence. What makes it sound overly AI are the semicolon and the timing, which is exactly the usual “it’s not just {1-5 words}; it’s {1-5 words}”.
Also, perhaps I’m not a typical audience member (I’m not), but I was not assuming any of that. I would try to explain how I parse this kind of language, but the gist is that a 10 sentence word with unambiguous meaning doesn’t really leave space for interpretation. Your attempt to “anticipate what the audience is thinking” is just a writing style, nothing deep about it.
My point mostly being that, as I mentioned in the parent, this is clearly a text written in the ChatGPT style, with simple yet over-expressive language. I personally heavily dislike the style, but I’m a non native speaker used to either scientific or fiction prose. I don’t encounter it too often, and to me it sounds like a parody of Silicon Valley vernacular. Scam alerts immediately start firing in my brain. There’s no “good way” of doing it nowadays.