alt Hacker NewsI have no idea how she generated the text, but whether LLM or not, it isn't a recounting of direct experience. The author graduated high school in 2019 and never experienced the Internet of the 90s and doesn't remember pre-2006 because she was a toddler.
That's not necessarily disqualifying. One can be a historian even if not a reporter.
Every article on the Roman Empire is written by people too young for direct experience.