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How exactly has Simon been grifting?
by fzzzy 8mo ago
How exactly has Simon been grifting?
- koakuma-chan 8mo agoVisit his site. "Moltbook is the most interesting place on the internet right now" It's immediately obvious it's bullshit.
- dbaman 8mo agoGonna have to disagree with you there chief. I've followed SimonW for quite some time and bullshit/grifting is just NOT something he does. On the contrary, I've learned a great deal from him and appreciate his contributions.
- koakuma-chan 8mo agoI used to follow Fireship, I even have him connected on LinkedIn. Look where he is now. I also used to follow simonw, but I think he is going down the same spiral.
- antonvs 8mo agoWhere is Fireship now? I sometimes watch their 100-second summary videos, but I know nothing else about them.
- koakuma-chan 8mo agoHis channel is apparently owned by a "private equity" and his videos have largely become ads.
- bakugo 8mo ago> I've learned a great deal from him What have you learned, other than "[latest AI grift] is the future and I should invest all my money into it now"?
- albedoa 8mo agoThere are some things that you should not admit publicly lol.
- laughfactory 8mo agoI completely and utterly disagree. Simon is no gifter. Intellectually lazy snobs think that any time someone has genuine delight and excitement about something that they’re “grifting.” Also, for anyone who is trying (regardless of whether they are succeeding) the to make money—that isn’t synonymous with “grifting.” God, some of you need a better relationship with a dictionary. Plus, it seems some of y’all love to hate the very industry which puts a roof over your head. You’re hoping and praying that it all burns down—yet where will that leave you? How do you feel about becoming a plumber—-until the robots take that job?
- koakuma-chan 8mo ago[flagged]
- johannesberlin 8mo agothis sounds like a you need to see a therapist kind of problem
- bakugo 8mo agoI really hope you're making a lot of money out of this, because if not, this comment just comes across as sad.
- EddieRingle 8mo ago> Plus, it seems some of y’all love to hate the very industry which puts a roof over your head. You’re hoping and praying that it all burns down—yet where will that leave you? How do you feel about becoming a plumber—-until the robots take that job? This probably isn't a line of argument you want to go down. I've been unemployed for 7 months, in part due to how difficult it is to get so much as an intro call because so many people have totally automated the process of spamming every open job posting with as many resumes (many of which were likely LLM-generated as well) as possible.