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You know this to be true. You can feel it every time you open an app. Apps and their related platforms are not the internet. The internet works almost like it
by Bender 9mo ago
You know this to be true. You can feel it every time you open an app.
Apps and their related platforms are not the internet. The internet works almost like it did decades ago, just faster and more resilient.
Some of the platforms on the internet may feel fake however. When platforms get big they get infiltrated by people that wish to impose their grift, beliefs and cultures on the people using said platforms. These people automate their efforts via bots and try to start conversations between people and bots. This is why we can't have nice things. I think it is that simple.
Oh and the internet itself is far from dead. If anything it is faster and more stable than ever. The internet, not platforms. Platforms can be replaced or rendered a ghost town. Motivate those that run your platforms to block all the bots even if it means the platform may feel less active. Not just block but get creative and punish the botters.
- elliotbnvl 9mo agoYeah on further thought I totally agree. Between your comment and the other comment on this post I think I need to tighten my thesis: social media is dead, not the Internet. I think the core idea probably will benefit from the increased focus. Your nicely phrased clarification of the problem as a matter of scale and trust of good humans is also, I think, addressed by the model I propose.
- Bender 9mo agoFor what it's worth I think social media could be revived but there may be a psychological hurdle for the platform operators to overcome. They may have the perception that blocking bots and especially AI could cause them to miss out on something or Free Of Missing Out. I personally think they are shooting themselves in both feet by not blocking bots. Youtube is being seriously poisoned by fake content AI. I can envision a new platform marketing themselves on the concept of "Bot Free" or "Only Humans" if they could manage to pull that off without invading privacy.
- elliotbnvl 9mo agoCool! That's what the platform I'm envisioning in the link does. Does it click for you or did my wording/explanation kinda fall flat?
- Bender 9mo agoI think the wording is fine. I hope your idea works out and is not gamed by AI. Once one AI gets in they could invite others but having to pay a few bucks may slow that down. I mean, hopefully that does not happen in the first place and probably would not until your platform became popular. It's when platforms get popular that devious people and their bots get shimmed into the process.
- elliotbnvl 9mo agoThanks! And yeah, right, exactly my concern. That's why the invite tree – and being able to remove a whole distrusted branch in one fell swoop – is hopefully the counter to that.