Instinct model switch, Nous points at Hermes

@downloadlos posted "I just broke up with my instinct" with two screenshots (about 224 likes, 29.6k views). Nous replied: this is why you need an agent that is truly yours and cannot switch models on you without warning. A reply in that thread said Hermes runs their life and they would not touch Instinct given the privacy controls. Parent post does not spell out the model change in text; the claim lives in the screenshots and the Nous quote.

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Why it matters

The closed personal-agent comparison is the community frame today (Dot, Muse, Grok Bot, Instinct). Nous is using a model-switch complaint as the pitch for a local harness. Column material, not a changelog.

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