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Content used to be a bad word, now kids want to become content creators when they grow up. I was hired at a job the very same day Google released their first Panda update[0]. This was the update that nuked all content farmers from search results. It was complete chaos, I sat in an empty cubicle, not knowing if I should stay or leave while the manager cursed and paced. Our ad revenue went from millions to zero, overni…
Truly curious - why did you choose to work at a content farm?
For me the term users sometimes sounds similar to traffic. I prefer customers - that you serve with your product.
He who packs himself into a container to please the merchant - is a square.
To me, this (whether or not “content” is a good word to use) is very similar to Comic Sans discourse. The stronger you feel about it and the more you seem to enjoy sharing your opinions on it, the less interesting you become.
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Heh. I have written stuff that has changed the world. Not in a big way, but thousands and thousands of people around the world use my stuff daily, and no one knows I had anything to do with it. I’m still at it. I’m getting ready for the first public test of a fairly ambitious app. My friends use my stuff all the time, and they are always gobsmacked, when they find out I did it. I do it for free, and tend to follow my…
I love it when you create something and somebody else uses the figure of speech you just crafted as if had been around for thousand years. Gives me a smile each time.
That you?
Cool.
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Same here. I also write software for free, but it’s not a cry in the dark. It’s serious, ship-grade software, released into the App Store, and used by thousands. It’s just not designed to make money.
I'd seriously suggest charging money for anything in the app store to offset the money it costs to publish in the app store. You can also offer a free version on your own website.
> They can’t do what we do. And they hate us for it. You could make a plausible conspiracy theory that this was why so much capital was invested to develop generative AI: Maybe the holy grail of tech CEOs wasn't AGI, it was a web full of content without those annoying content creators...
I make electronic music as a hobby, and I feel the same way about the term "producer". I understand the history behind where that term came from. (The people who were making musical decisions while standing behind the mixing board often were initially producers: people whose job it was to oversee the entire production and coordinate between the musicians, engineers, etc. Then when DJs at discotheques wanted longer ve…
It is a strange word now that you mention it, but is there another word for someone who makes electronic music offline?
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It is a strange word now that you mention it, but is there another word for someone who makes electronic music offline?
"Musician" is the obvious answer but so many people who make electronic music are hesitant to call themselves that, maybe because they think you have to have mastered some physical instrument to call yourself that?
There are people who play synthesisers live, whether on a keyboard with a pre-set patch, or a modular synthesizer making experimental sounds. I'd call them musicians with only a little hesitation. But if they do it offline and record it? Less sure.
Also, is Taylor Swift a musician?