I used to love Reddit.

I was never invested in it, but then Facebook was overrun by right-wing nutcases so forcing me to take refuge.

Even before I got banned for criticizing spez’ idols, already the country sub where I once hanged around was getting filled with doomers, supposedly smart young people but being assholes to anyone lower than them.

Why? Why does this make sense to them? Who are they serving ads to?

The major subreddits – the ones frequently visible on r/all – are filled with bots now powered by the same AI which the techbros are throwing money into, and then use all that information to simulate online human behavior and content. Already Xitter is also plagued by this AI morass, many of them with Arabic or Indian names.

Matter of time before they start reinstating previously banned political subreddits, and let the fucking Kluxers march in.

progressive

Was, before Schwartz died. That the more politicized popular subreddits (as opposed to niche hobby subs) are specifically targeted for being filled with right-leaning content.

The triumph of disinformation.

funded by putin through his oligarch

Yeah, Dugin is getting his wish of the West self-destructing, however slowly.

A platform for people in developing countries, however. In some cases it supplants most if not all of the functions of what used to be several programs for Internet access and communication.

I mentioned Facebook because I’m seeing some people trying to share information how to grift with AI.

At this stage he is but a goddamn puppet for at least a couple dozen individuals and groups who want him to enact their own agendas through him.

Surrounded by enablers and cronies who want their individual agendas to happen.

Makes me angry that removing the ability for self-sufficiency – even just walking alone for errands – only furthers dystopia.

Why most American GenXers thump their chests about being turn-key kids… yet they should be opposing such overreach.

1. It’s theft to digital artisans, as AI-generated works tend to derive heavily without even due credit.
2. It further discourages what’s called critical thinking.
3. It’s putting even technically competent people out of work.
4. It’s grift for and by techbros.

I like the lemmy mindset far more than reddit

…and Facebook.

Another fucking asshole.

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Thanks for the heads-up.

Dickshit MAGAt cowboy cartoonist think NYC is still in the 1970s.

He can go fuck himself.

I doubt the authenticity of that supposed reward, but Reddit doesn’t want anything that bunches up the panties of its shareholders and fascist sponsors, so it permabans specific users with “violent” language.

There is an audience for such games. Mainly for them to blow off steam and try to see if they’re a better crack shot than anyone, and sometimes to acquire a degree of fame. They have spent enormous amounts of money hoping to land more shots at a higher framerate.

I’m now more content quietly playing an offline sandbox game, no rush at all.

AI startup Perplexity has offered Google $34.5 billion to buy the Chrome browser. The price might be below evaluation, but the company may be forced to sell the browser at the request of U.S. authorities as part of a case in which it was found guilty of being a monopoly.

https://x.com/80Level/status/1955488788861555082

Might as well be wanting all that juicy personal information from which to mine not only for profit but also for sending a SWAT team through the door without a court order and a search warrant. Or, sending a Hellfire missile through a window of a house somewhere in Pakistan.

Six years ago was expecting this to be a mere novelty. Now it’s a fucking threat.

Damn sure was clickbaity. No ads? Buy YT Premium they say.

Whoopee. Saved you a click.

I stopped using ABP years ago and switched to uBlock Origin. That and some *Monkey scripts.

If it’s not heat waves, it’s several days of hard rain, dirty water swirling round your hips, and the constant threat of leptospirosis or rat shit disease.