Ryan Butner
rsbutner.bsky.social
Ryan Butner
@rsbutner.bsky.social
Data scientist and internet-experiencer
Facebook is great - it shows me all the recent AI trends.

But lately the vibe has been "body horror with a substantial carbon footprint"
May 31, 2025 at 4:38 AM
The inflection point for me on LLM skepticism was in utilizing the models for something outside my wheelhouse/realm of expertise. The model can't outperform me 1:1 at things I am good at, but it can enable me to be passably performant at everything else I suck at.
May 28, 2025 at 3:29 AM
What's wrong babe? You've hardly touched your Spaghetti-baby
April 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
A relevant lesson from the anti-GMO movement: They made people care about the method/understand that consuming the product IS consuming the method. Otherwise xQc is correct - most people have a transactional relationship with art.

Combating Ensloppificiation is going to require the same thing.
April 3, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Some days I really miss digging into weird little dudes on social media.
April 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ah! Well. Nevertheless
March 22, 2025 at 4:21 AM
March 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I've spent the past 5 years curating my various Facebook accounts into the most unhinged corners of The Algorithm possible. And with Generative AI, they are finally bearing fruit.
March 6, 2025 at 4:46 AM
March 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Me, trying to get my mutuals off Twitter.
July 1, 2023 at 10:50 PM
Old and busted: Facebook is radicalizing your parents and grandparents into racists through minion memes and fake news.

New hotness: Business sections are radicalizing mid-level managers through constantly evolving narratives about employees being out to fuck everything up.
June 28, 2023 at 3:18 PM
When I've got a weird new AI idea I want to try at work:
June 20, 2023 at 12:14 AM
Me to the group chat when my first invite code popped.
May 23, 2023 at 2:56 PM
I also dont know how they'll be able to navigate the alchemy of saving face to ad buyers while still appeasing the Catturd2's of the platform (who already hate this).

Nor how Elon will react to not having his hands on the wheel while still being a prolific poster.
May 12, 2023 at 4:52 PM