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Post by jandrese »

labrador wrote: post #235
labrador wrote: post #80

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It's still the most interesting platform for AI

I just tried to find AI starter packs on BlueSky and confirmed that BlueSky is openly hostile to AI. I understand the reasons, it's just not where I'm at. I'll try Threads and see what happens.

Bluesky has lots of artists, authors, journalists, etc... who see AI as a direct threat to human creativity. Not that the AI will replace the creativity, but that it can generate slop that looks "good enough" and doesn't demand a living wage or healthcare benefits. Many of these creative types have little trust that corporate management won't try to replace them just to save a buck.

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Post by sjsdaiuasgdia »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #222
oulipo2 wrote: post #192

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How are you supposed to have a "nuanced discussion" about a guy doing literal Hitler salutes in public?

When you're either unwilling or incapable of understanding other people's perspectives it is indeed very difficult. Try this: steelman the argument that what Musk did all those months ago wasn't a "literal Hitler salute". If you can do that, I suspect you'll find it a lot easier to have nuanced discussions about that topic (and possibly others) going forward.

Fuck the salute. I can look at everything else he's done and still think he's a terrible individual that should not be given money or power.

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Post by _whiteCaps_ »

jeroenhd wrote: post #78
boringg wrote: post #71

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X has a lock on live information that no one else has figured out yet not from a technical perspective but from an adoption perspective.

My government has been posting a lot of information (weather alerts, road works, etc.) on their own, dedicated Mastodon instance. They don't really advertise it, but it's good they have a platform to publish live information to in case the Americans continue to get weirder.

Do you have any examples of this? I'd love to point this out to my local government.

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Post by lanyard-textile »

CaptWillard wrote: post #278
mapontosevenths wrote: post #264

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I am a messenger, and it turns out I've got some bad news as well. My contention is that this kind of emotional appeal has been exploited to the point of (quickly) diminishing returns. People are scratching the surface and following the money. Those who used such maudlin tactics to protect money laundering, war mongering and such things would do well to go and sin no more, lest more serious consequences come knocking…

Focus and determination can grant you the power of the queen on the chessboard.

But when you become blind to what happens around you, you become the pawn in someone else’s plan. A messenger is an authority’s favorite tool.

Someone would like to starve people and you are a part of their plan. If you feel the tug of appeal, it is because you understand something isn’t right here. If you don’t investigate, your mind is not your own.

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Post by modeless »

netsharc wrote: post #60
gcr wrote: post #48

Does this mean an attacker can turn any impression into any GET request?

It'd be an interesting way to count how many impressions your tweets get: add a URL to every tweet, put a tracking "pixel" in the webpage (assuming the webview loads all assets; if not, then just add the "pixel' URL to the tweet..

There's an impression counter on every tweet, visible to everyone

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Post by johnwheeler »

alpineman wrote: post #258
itsoktocry wrote: post #205

I've been a long-time Twitter user. I don't hate Elon, so when he bought it I was cautiously optimistic. I deactivated last week. The platform is bad and getting worse. It's scammy and spammy. Everything is designed around garbage engagement, so that the X team can brag about how good the product is doing.

I am honestly curious what Elon would need to do for you to dislike him. That ship sailed for me long ago

/Raises hand Sam Altman hater over here.

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Post by mapontosevenths »

almosthere wrote: post #323
CaptWillard wrote: post #278

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am a messenger, and it turns out I've got some bad news as well. My contention is that this kind of emotional appeal has been exploited to the point of (quickly) diminishing returns. People are scratching the surface and following the money. Those who used such maudlin tactics to protect money laundering, war mongering and such things would do well to go and sin no more, lest more serious consequences come knocking…

I think specifically these NGOs were run by board members that ran 10 other NGOs all called "Save the children Africa" etc... And the weird thing about it, is that no children were actually being saved. Instead the money went to ActBlue through a few actors. Mr Beast has done more for Saving the Children in Africa with $5m than USAID has done with $500b per year.

Citation?

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Post by ceejayoz »

CaptWillard wrote: post #284
scuff3d wrote: post #255

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"Show you're work" Does exactly that using Musk's own lawyers "...Wait no you weren't suppose to actually do that..."

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That's the spirit. Lean into that stereotype! Make it yours.

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Post by crnkofe »

I stopped using Twitter somewhere around the time of Musk takeover. Only used it for event coverage live during events for which I found it genuinely useful at some point and of course doomscrolling. Can't say I miss it. Its like nothing changed in my life. I also managed to miss the LGBT exodus after Musk policy changes and learned about it later at a random FOSDEM talk. Global "social" feeds do everything in their power to steal attention and having it all back is great for sanity.

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Post by randallsquared »

jasonlotito wrote: post #242
ndr wrote: post #170

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Who is using Bluesky in the US? Whenever something big happens I keep getting x.com links from friends. Is it just my friends?

> Who is using Bluesky in the US? Everyone I know. I routinely see only bluesky links. Yes, if X/Grok is promoting Nazi content, then yeah, I'll hear about it. But beyond that, nothing important that happens isn't showing up on Bluesky. > Whenever something big happens I keep getting x.com links from friends. Is it just my friends? I think it's safe to say that if people are sending links to a certain site, they are…

> But beyond that, nothing important that happens isn't showing up on Bluesky.

I would Press X to Doubt (perhaps ironically, for this X...). Searching around, it seems like Bluesky has about a tenth as many total users as X has active users, but it's definitely growing at a faster rate, and X might be declining in active users.

Anecdotally, lots of people I noticed leaving for Bluesky very loudly and publicly quietly returned to posting on X after a while.

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