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This post spends a lot of time criticizing the "pointless line breaks" but not a lot of time on why this is a problem or "must be stopped". Block or mute the people that annoy you and move on; problem solved.
"must be stopped" is a meme which means "is annoying"
Sometimes I am jealous of these people. They arent doing the corporate grind, and they arent even really doing the startup grind. They are shilling stuff on the internet and avoiding spending their lives working. I know a few, they live great, though frugal lives. I go to my job at prestigious big Co and often wonder who the smart one is, me or them
I'm not really concerned. More likely, we are currently experiencing a calibration phase for a new technology, during which individuals are attempting to gauge others' understanding and interest in it. Right now, everybody is shouting "You have to look at this awesome thing!!", while in fact others are already aware of it, or even tired of it. Hence the complaints. This will pass quickly.
I have seen this exact pattern with other things like "front-end development", "stocks and investing" and many other topics where there's money to be made by selling something to somebody. It gives the whole of Twitter a cynical, soullessness that's growing by the day.
Sometimes I am jealous of these people. They arent doing the corporate grind, and they arent even really doing the startup grind. They are shilling stuff on the internet and avoiding spending their lives working. I know a few, they live great, though frugal lives. I go to my job at prestigious big Co and often wonder who the smart one is, me or them
Don't be fooled by the glamorous facade of such "influencers". It's as tough a grind as any corporate job. There is 24x7 demand for new content. You have to compete with a million others in the space, and it is next to impossible to set yourself apart. Only the top 0.1% have any real viewership and are making money. For the rest, the "living frugally" part you mention is likely not by choice.
This post spends a lot of time criticizing the "pointless line breaks" but not a lot of time on why this is a problem or "must be stopped". Block or mute the people that annoy you and move on; problem solved.
It's contributing to the massive signal-to-noise decline on tech related topics on Twitter lately. As an open-source AI developer myself I'm discouraged because anything I'd release would be drowned out by hypebros.
Not to be dismissive but it seems like a skill issue to me. I have the thread emoji muted, that does 90% of the work. I had to click “don’t show me this guy” ( not “don’t show me this topic”) on maybe half a dozen that slipped through, and then it seems like the algorithm got the message. Just curate better and the problem goes away.
There are hundreds if not thousands of people doing this exact hustle. You'll be spending a lot of time trying to decapitate that hydra.
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Linkedin Broetry is such a great phrase!
The phrase was coined years ago partially by the same writer: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/why-are-these-p... LinkedIn discourse hasn't changed since.
This is so funny. I've noticed these lame influencers shilling AI strategies on twitter even though I don't follow them. But the algorithm sees engagement from others so it thinks I'll like it too. There's a pattern developing on twitter (and other socials). Life coach types, just shill the next big thing. It was Crypto, then NFTs, now AI. Wonder what will be next?
1. If you're still on bird-app, I feel it's important to ignore the "For you" tab and strictly look at the "Following" view, and follow only people whose posts you consistently appreciate. The noise ratio is so high now, and not just about AI. > What they share across platforms and fields is less any particular insight and more a deep and abiding faith in the accuracy and power of a still-developing technology about…
...For as long as Musk allows people to ignore those who have paid him to shove their words in front of as many eyeballs as possible. I really don't expect the "Following" view to remain safe from this for long.