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Wow, I absolutely hate this. We do not need "a new, better social platform" with founders from Reddit and Powered by AI!!!!™ Maybe we should consider, you kno
by drpossum 2y ago
Wow, I absolutely hate this. We do not need "a new, better social platform" with founders from Reddit and Powered by AI!!!!™
Maybe we should consider, you know, new social media platforms that are build and designed by communities of people that need them and will use them. This top down approach by tech oligarchs with insatiable dollar signs in their eyes over providing anything of actual value will just lead to more misery and worthlessness.
The social media business model of harvesting data and forcing engagement over user experience has proven to be broken and not sustainable. I hope they fail.
- smartis2812 2y ago> The social media business model of harvesting data and forcing engagement over user experience has proven to be broken and not sustainable. I totally agree. And modern research shows how unhealthy it is for people to use such exploratory social media pages. You literally paying with your health, not only data, when using such things.
- smallerize 2y agoEveryone mentioned in the article knows how to run a large social media site. The concrete ideas they have for AI are specific tasks that they have done by hand before. They're not just slapping AI on and optimizing for engagement. And the future ideas are more like crazy art projects, which I think is a great use for AI.
- drpossum 2y ago> They're not just slapping AI on and optimizing for engagement. Citation needed