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Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read

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Re: Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read

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No one who wants to read, and no one worth reading, is going to go to a site that so clearly doesn't value human expression. AI-generated prose isn't an obstacle to lots of people, but it absolutely is to the demographic you want to attract.

Hi. I understand your point, but I think there is another side to this. Waldi started within the Persian community. a community where blogging had largely been abandoned in favor of social media since 2016. People really resonated with the serendipity built into the project. Because of that, I believe Waldi can become a home for other communities, too. They might be people whose language I don't speak, but I can stil…

> AI is just a tool to help translate the original project into English.

1. It seems unlikely that you wrote the original filled with LLM-speak, so this isn't a faithful translation; your tool to help translate has added a lot that will negatively affect the translation's impact

2. Your target readership does not want to communicate with generated text; it's going to give you the exact opposite of connection because they'll respond negatively to it

Re: Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read

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post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi. I understand your point, but I think there is another side to this. Waldi started within the Persian community. a community where blogging had largely been abandoned in favor of social media since 2016. People really resonated with the serendipity built into the project. Because of that, I believe Waldi can become a home for other communities, too. They might be people whose language I don't speak, but I can stil…

> AI is just a tool to help translate the original project into English. 1. It seems unlikely that you wrote the original filled with LLM-speak, so this isn't a faithful translation; your tool to help translate has added a lot that will negatively affect the translation's impact 2. Your target readership does not want to communicate with generated text; it's going to give you the exact opposite of connection because…

You're right. I've rewritten the README and the site text.

Re: Waldi: A quiet place to write, and to be read

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How does it improve upon existing blogging platforms? It does not let me access any posts without creating an account. So far, every step seems heavily vibe coded or AI generated.

Account requirement and AI slop are the two exact things I want to avoid in a quiet place.

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