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Yeah 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
by elliotbnvl 8mo ago
Yeah 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 8mo 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 8mo 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 8mo 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 8mo 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.