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Don’t take me serious 🙃 I build things in tech
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the experience of making bluesky has been like planning this elaborate fucking party with fireworks and a sick dance floor and ten different magic shows and then people walk in 6 hours early and go “nah this is good it sucks out there”
May 16, 2023 at 2:11 PM
the experience of making bluesky has been like planning this elaborate fucking party with fireworks and a sick dance floor and ten different magic shows and then people walk in 6 hours early and go “nah this is good it sucks out there”
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Great column from Margaret Sullivan today over at The Guardian about the state of digital news media (the audience is there, but the business model is a mess) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/16/vice-bankruptcy-buzzfeed-news-dead-digital-age-revenue?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Vice is going bankrupt, BuzzFeed News is dead. What does it mean? | Margaret Sullivan
When it comes to news in the digital age, which journalism model will work?
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2023 at 2:52 PM
Great column from Margaret Sullivan today over at The Guardian about the state of digital news media (the audience is there, but the business model is a mess) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/16/vice-bankruptcy-buzzfeed-news-dead-digital-age-revenue?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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“I just want to win at swimming.”
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming
STOCKTON, CA—Cackling as the steps of the dastardly plan crystallized in her mind, local trans teen Brie Chandler told reporters Tuesday that she had hatched a nefarious plot to undergo years of medical treatments and counseling to win at swimming. “It’s oh, so simple: several years of sweet-talking medical…
www.theonion.com
May 16, 2023 at 3:00 PM
“I just want to win at swimming.”
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HuggingChat, an open-source AI, offers an excellent alternative to ChatGPT. Its strengths lie in transparency and the ability to customize, bringing a unique approach to chatbots. Give it a try!
What Is HuggingChat, And Is It Better Than ChatGPT? - SlashGear
Most chatbots accessible to the public are closed source. This is where Hugging Face comes in with its open-source AI alternative, HuggingChat.
www.slashgear.com
May 14, 2023 at 10:42 PM
HuggingChat, an open-source AI, offers an excellent alternative to ChatGPT. Its strengths lie in transparency and the ability to customize, bringing a unique approach to chatbots. Give it a try!
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Seeing as this is the future of Twitter, it's a future I want no part of.
May 14, 2023 at 11:05 PM
Seeing as this is the future of Twitter, it's a future I want no part of.
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us: eating mushrooms for lunch
me: “you cannot kill me in a way that matters”
them: ???
me:
me: “you cannot kill me in a way that matters”
them: ???
me:
May 14, 2023 at 11:06 PM
us: eating mushrooms for lunch
me: “you cannot kill me in a way that matters”
them: ???
me:
me: “you cannot kill me in a way that matters”
them: ???
me:
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I wrote about Twitter’s grotesquely irresponsible failure to moderate its own platform - and why that means it’s time to leave, and to warn others.
https://faineg.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-twitter-abyss
https://faineg.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-twitter-abyss
Welcome to the Twitter Abyss
Elon Musk's depraved, utterly irresponsible failure to moderate Twitter in recent weeks is harming innocent people. Here's what happened.
faineg.substack.com
May 12, 2023 at 10:10 PM
I wrote about Twitter’s grotesquely irresponsible failure to moderate its own platform - and why that means it’s time to leave, and to warn others.
https://faineg.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-twitter-abyss
https://faineg.substack.com/p/welcome-to-the-twitter-abyss
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Yes! Most people will use default mod settings, but ~10% of users will experiment with novel ways of using labels, custom algos, lists, things I’m not even thinking of, etc. We are betting on process, in this case, experimentation, and the best new moderation ideas will emerge (we hope).
May 13, 2023 at 12:30 AM
Yes! Most people will use default mod settings, but ~10% of users will experiment with novel ways of using labels, custom algos, lists, things I’m not even thinking of, etc. We are betting on process, in this case, experimentation, and the best new moderation ideas will emerge (we hope).
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just fyi for new users 1 Bluesky follower is equal to 50k twitter followers
May 13, 2023 at 12:00 AM
just fyi for new users 1 Bluesky follower is equal to 50k twitter followers
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My engagement numbers on Bluesky are really humbling compared to Twitter. Tough crowd. I feel like I’m performing at the Apollo and the sandman is gonna come drag me off stage any minute. 😂
May 13, 2023 at 12:42 AM
My engagement numbers on Bluesky are really humbling compared to Twitter. Tough crowd. I feel like I’m performing at the Apollo and the sandman is gonna come drag me off stage any minute. 😂
So the What’s Hot tab is for the cool kids?
May 13, 2023 at 12:31 AM
So the What’s Hot tab is for the cool kids?
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How does this app work?
May 13, 2023 at 12:11 AM
How does this app work?