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Congratulations, you are almost fully unplugged from social media. This product launch was a huge mainstream event; for a few days GPT generated images complete

by haiku2077 1y ago

Congratulations, you are almost fully unplugged from social media. This product launch was a huge mainstream event; for a few days GPT generated images completely dominated mainstream social media.

derwiki 1y ago
Not sure if this is sarcasm or sincere, but I will take it as sincere haha. I came back to work from parental leave and everyone had that same Studio Ghiblized image as their Slack photo, and I had no idea why. It turns out you really can unplug from social media and not miss anything of value: if it’s a big enough deal you will find out from another channel.
- dgfitz 1y ago
  I missed it until this thread. I think I’m proud of myself.
  - tough 1y ago
    You're one of today's lucky 10.000 https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
    - dgfitz 1y ago
      I’m not, I still don’t know what it is, just that it was some kind of fad.
- stavros 1y ago
  Why does everyone keep calling news "social media"? Have I missed a trend? Knowing what my friend Steve is up to is social media, knowing what AI is up to is news.
  - haiku2077 1y ago
    You did miss a trend: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/17/more-americans-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok-especially-young-adults/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/17/more-amer...
  - loudmax 1y ago
    I'm afraid a lot of Americans consume the news like they consume sports media. They root for their team and select a news stream that presents them with the most favorable coverage.
    - stavros 1y ago
      As a non-American, I can assure you that's pretty much everywhere.
sigmoid10 1y ago
If you primarily consume text-based social media (HN, reddit with legacy UI) then it's kind of easy to not notice all the new kinds of image infographics and comics that now completely flood places like instagram or linkedin.
Semaphor 1y ago
Facebook, discord, reddit, HN. Hadn’t heard of it either. But for FB, Reddit, and Discord I strictly curate what I see.

Congratulations, you are almost fully unplugged from social media. This product launch was a huge mainstream event; for a few days GPT generated images completely dominated mainstream social media.

derwiki 1y ago

Not sure if this is sarcasm or sincere, but I will take it as sincere haha. I came back to work from parental leave and everyone had that same Studio Ghiblized image as their Slack photo, and I had no idea why. It turns out you really can unplug from social media and not miss anything of value: if it’s a big enough deal you will find out from another channel.

dgfitz 1y ago
I missed it until this thread. I think I’m proud of myself.
- tough 1y ago
  You're one of today's lucky 10.000 https://xkcd.com/1053/ https://xkcd.com/1053/
  - dgfitz 1y ago
    I’m not, I still don’t know what it is, just that it was some kind of fad.
stavros 1y ago
Why does everyone keep calling news "social media"? Have I missed a trend? Knowing what my friend Steve is up to is social media, knowing what AI is up to is news.
- haiku2077 1y ago
  You did miss a trend: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/17/more-americans-regularly-get-news-on-tiktok-especially-young-adults/ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/17/more-amer...
- loudmax 1y ago
  I'm afraid a lot of Americans consume the news like they consume sports media. They root for their team and select a news stream that presents them with the most favorable coverage.
  - stavros 1y ago
    As a non-American, I can assure you that's pretty much everywhere.

sigmoid10 1y ago

If you primarily consume text-based social media (HN, reddit with legacy UI) then it's kind of easy to not notice all the new kinds of image infographics and comics that now completely flood places like instagram or linkedin.

Semaphor 1y ago

Facebook, discord, reddit, HN. Hadn’t heard of it either. But for FB, Reddit, and Discord I strictly curate what I see.