OT: Lounge (Read OP).

[RempireStateBuilding]

Tell me if Im wrong. I think the Internet has added a lot of great stuff to the world. However I see so much hate and fighting online. Has social media really amplified that? So much anger online.

Look up the 'dead internet' theory. It basically says that a majority of online content/engagement (likes/comments/follower count/etc.) is created by bots and interacted with by other bots. This loop drives up engagement which pushes all these different algorithms to say "Wow, there's a lot of views and comments on this post, this is a popular bit of content then" and then shows that content to actual humans. I'm sure there is a decent amount of negativity around the internet, those bots have to learn their patterns from something out there, but I'd venture a guess that the lion's share of things we see online is fake bait that makes everyday users believe that all the comments/content are actually coming from other real humans.

The flipside is that the internet/social media has given *everyone* a voice, even the darkest corners of humanity. There's undoubtedly hateful people using social media, but I believe that they find and generally stick to their hateful echo chambers.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Look up the 'dead internet' theory. It basically says that a majority of online content/engagement (likes/comments/follower count/etc.) is created by bots and interacted with by other bots. This loop drives up engagement which pushes all these different algorithms to say "Wow, there's a lot of views and comments on this post, this is a popular bit of content then" and then shows that content to actual humans. I'm sure there is a decent amount of negativity around the internet, those bots have to learn their patterns from something out there, but I'd venture a guess that the lion's share of things we see online is fake bait that makes everyday users believe that all the comments/content are actually coming from other real humans.

The flipside is that the internet/social media has given *everyone* a voice, even the darkest corners of humanity. There's undoubtedly hateful people using social media, but I believe that they find and generally stick to their hateful echo chambers.

Do you recall what happened when AI Dinesh began replying to AI Gilfoyle ?!?

 

[bernmeister]

Fluid situation. lots going on
buys w/election and all kinds of stuff

will be posting an update on sale of my Strat guitar w/2 1950s, 1 1960s pickup

All interested start saving yr $$$, be in touch...

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

Do you recall what happened when AI Dinesh began replying to AI Gilfoyle ?!?

Oh my god, I never watched a lot of Silicon Valley but I just googled that and I have to find that episode now.

 

[Takeahnase]

I am getting closer and closer to subscribing to the Dead Internet theory.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Oh my god, I never watched a lot of Silicon Valley but I just googled that and I have to find that episode now.

It's worth an entire rewatch from the beginning.

 

[RempireStateBuilding]

Today's my birthday and I'm going to a show (Fontaines DC) in Brooklyn tonight, super amped! The next 4 hours can't go by fast enough. At least I have enough work to keep me busy.

 

[Boris Zubov]

Today's my birthday and I'm going to a show (Fontaines DC) in Brooklyn tonight, super amped! The next 4 hours can't go by fast enough. At least I have enough work to keep me busy.

Or you could watch 8 episodes of Silicon Valley

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

I am getting closer and closer to subscribing to the Dead Internet theory.

I knew you were all bots

 

[bernmeister]

Today's my birthday and I'm going to a show (Fontaines DC) in Brooklyn tonight, super amped! The next 4 hours can't go by fast enough. At least I have enough work to keep me busy.

these guys may have said it best:

 

[NickyFotiu]

Wrong Forum.

 

[Baby Punisher]

So sorry for your loss and hope you’re doing well after surgery, hang in there!

It's been a rough 7 weeks. Im healing and watching my kids simultaneously while trying to keep my business afloat. My wife has been traveling a lot since July for work. I lost the full use of my left hand from one of the procedures that I had at Cornell. I'm in constant pain. It's worse when I sit on a couch or recliner. I'm doing my best to smile and power through it, but 2 of the past 3 weeks I've been watching a 12 and 3-year-old for 6 straight days by myself and I am f***ing done.

 

[Ben Grimm]

... 2 of the past 3 weeks I've been watching a 12 and 3-year-old for 6 straight days by myself and I am f***ing done.

I spent the first 2 weeks of October w/o talking to another human in person, I'm a father of an adult, and I would love to have 2 kids at home.