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Interesting. Would this be implementable today but on a larger scale? "Someone who cares about you on the internet" instead of "Something that prevents you f
by fifilura 2y ago
Interesting. Would this be implementable today but on a larger scale?
"Someone who cares about you on the internet"
instead of
"Something that prevents you from posting hate/snuff/nude on the internet"
Obviously lots of problems, tons of them, and 1984 vibes, but still, the basic idea. A bit more like humans were meant to interact?
- neom 2y agoI think sadly the scale becomes less about the size per say and more about the unpredictability. The "vibes" on the internet late 90s early 2000s where very... on point, so it didn't feel like emotional labour. I can imagine being someone who cares about someone on the internet in 2025 would be, frankly, exhausting, in 2002 it was just fun.
- the_pwner224 2y agoYes: "Better Living Through Algorithms" - https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_05_23/ https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_05_23/ It's an interesting relevant short story. Won the 2024 Hugo Award. It was posted a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41263876
- archagon 2y agoCorporate social media does not care about its users. They are just biomass to fuel various goals: ad revenue, political influence, etc. In fact, the more addicted you are, the better.
- fifilura 2y agoAnd the weather does not care about farmers either. It is obviously a completely unfinished thought. But something about humans innate tendency to self-organise into tribes and villages.