 Using Twitter isn't just bad because it means you're generating value for Elon Musk. It's also bad because Twitter's environment habituates poor character traits, and so makes its users worse people. https://www.reimaginingliberty.com/twitter-x-as-a-bubble-for-bad-ethics/ The state of social media feeds by @kchayka is another argument for the controls afforded in the fediverse. "It is this torrent of spammy stuff—what some have taken to calling “slop”—that none of us can opt out of on today’s Internet. There is no toggle that allows us to turn off A.I.-generated content in our feeds. There are no filters that sort out A.I.-generated junk the way e-mail in-boxes sift out spam." fediverse
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Crazy. The For You feed is the root cause for so many of the ills in social media. The idea that “AI slop” will be injected as a test in people’s feeds in the coming months is another reason why the fediverse is more important than ever.   @mike Saw a few folks starting to see this in their feeds and it's as creepy and terrifying as you think it is, especially when you don't know it's coming. Is it just me? Anytime I see AI generated images used in articles or web pages I immediately think “lazy” Just use free stock art at least.
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I'm delighted to report that the stuffed Mastodon toys have arrived at the German warehouse at @ravioli. The ones going to the US warehouse are still in customs. I imagine we'll open the store once both have arrived, unless US customs takes unreasonably long...  I'm delighted to report that the stuffed Mastodon toys have arrived at the German warehouse at @ravioli. The ones going to the US warehouse are still in customs. I imagine we'll open the store once both have arrived, unless US customs takes unreasonably long... I wrote about why Meta is integrating Threads with Mastodon and the fediverse -- and why advocates for an open social web are both cautiously intrigued and wary. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/02/meta-threads-fediverse-mosseri-mastodon-rochko/  I want to thank Mastodon founder @Gargron for taking the time to comment for my story on Threads' fediverse integration. Here's what he had to say: Famous AI "Artist" Says He’s Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections. Today I learned that Apple Air Pods Pro in noise cancelling mode perfectly cancels the clicking of a geiger counter. You would not know it was making a sound. I hope that this is not relevant to /your/ day.
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   After a shower. 📷 Pentax KX #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #TheLakes  Fuji bring back Superia X-tra 400 😢 I have only 3 left in the freezer, and ebay is not looking promising anymore.
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   I’ve been experiencing some bugs on iPhone using ice cubes app. I really am begging organizations to stop using Facebook or Twitter as the only way they distribute information. Please don't make me make an account to see information
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@annaecook I just ran into the same problem yesterday. A local café had all their information including menus on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, so I immediately set it on my blacklist (= ResQ Club will no longer send me notifications about leftover food they sell for cheap in the afternoon/evening). Obviously they don't want my business, so they're not getting it. *shrug*  @annaecook I'd like to add: Please give us at least an RSS feed. If you don't want to don't want to discuss with us anyway, someone will create a bot to send the RSS content into the Fediverse. A friend of mine suggested that we stop using the sparkle ✨ emoji as the symbol for AI and replace it with a magic eight ball 🎱 as it more realistically conveys how the technology works. I've been thinking about that a lot lately. 😂  |
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