Net_Runner :~$

Haha sorry, would have responded earlier but am stuck at work

always gotta be that one person who posts the ai-generated sludge

I actually just launched a PHPBB forum for specific interests in regards to the indie web, building websites, and sharing random banter (among a few other things). I find Reddit and Lemmy to be useful for seeing what’s going on in the world overall, and Discord has mostly just been annoying ever since its launch, and forums seem like a good answer to recreating actual communities. And if there are more people who feel this way, maybe they’ll make a comeback (because they definitely haven’t just started to be affected by corporations attempting to centralize everyone to one thing).

The masses will either eventually migrate to ActivityPub, or have their entire digital lives consumed by oligarchs. It’s just a fight between finally deciding that maybe ease-of-use doesn’t mean “good,” and losing every ounce of your identity and ability to express your thoughts and feelings.

And that’s the kicker. Bluesky can never be meaningfully decentralized.

Ah yes, “free our feeds” where millionaire VCs are asking for donations

I mean, they’re going to have to. There’s no other choice at this point

I tried it one time, and it’s just as “slop” as the rest of generative AI. CEOs have no taste

Copyright is a pain in the ass, but Sam Altman is a bigger pain in the ass. Send him to prison and let him rot. Then put his tears in a cup and I’ll drink them

Looks even worse than the one they had before