Post by account_disabled on Mar 4, 2024 22:41:20 GMT -5
Ben Werdmuller is right when he says that social media has a weird effect of making you feel like you 've accomplished something ( made a post, maybe received a comment ), whereas Actually does nothing. They fall somewhere between marketing and procrastination : a way to waste time in a black hole without any real results. When I wrote The Basics of Twitter ( June 2012 ) , nothing could have predicted that ten years later, X would be eating innocent little bluebirds . In this Fortune article, you can find out what exactly happened . Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn and even Substack are in the hands of companies that have no intention of letting you freely learn about yourself or express yourself. There is an algorithm working 24 hours a day , 365 days a year, so you are nothing but its product . This is a far cry from what we bloggers found in the early 2000s . At the end of 2022 , we saw a little light with the help of fediveso and Mastodon . But its culture, which is very close to that of the original bloggers , decentralized operations and the extremely progressive philosophy of the locals, doesn't exactly appeal to everyone.
When X crashed , there was a massive migration, but it gradually slowed down . Clarification: I like mastodons . Bluesky and Threads are clones of X and have no other motivations other than their intended way of joining the Federation Universe . Although there are many opponents of this possibility (mainly from the local population of Fedifuso ), and the dilemma is Costa Rica Mobile Number List whether to block it. I think it's not blocked by default . Federation of external instances ( such as Threads profiles or WordPress blogs) is a great option , I have explored the latter in depth and put it into practice on my blog. Generative AI, on the other hand, is another new parameter that steps into the equation. Everything we publish is spread through information from other bloggers (increasingly?), fake news , political propaganda and advertising . SEO wo n’t help much, social media won’t help, and AI will make everything even more blurry.
Werdmuller also said that with the advent of generative AI (or, more accurately, the generative AI bubble), this dynamic can be described more roughly . Everything we post can be ingested by social media platforms as training data for their artificial intelligence engines . Prediction engines are trained on our words , actions , images , audio, and then resell them . We do now yes product . Do we have the ability to allow ourselves to be tracked and shaped? Perhaps , as Werdmuller points out , this may be unavoidable, but we should not let our publications become training data. Artificial intelligence is a challenge , but it can also pose dangers like any misused technology . As we outline in our Declaration for the Ethical and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence , it must be legislated and rules for its use adopted . In short , today 's social networks are a waste of time , except for the concrete and interesting conversations you can have and the quality information you get from profiles with all the difficulty of fighting the algorithm outside. Also remember that social networks like TikTok or Instagram are still how many entrepreneurs (including influencers) and small businesses make a living.
When X crashed , there was a massive migration, but it gradually slowed down . Clarification: I like mastodons . Bluesky and Threads are clones of X and have no other motivations other than their intended way of joining the Federation Universe . Although there are many opponents of this possibility (mainly from the local population of Fedifuso ), and the dilemma is Costa Rica Mobile Number List whether to block it. I think it's not blocked by default . Federation of external instances ( such as Threads profiles or WordPress blogs) is a great option , I have explored the latter in depth and put it into practice on my blog. Generative AI, on the other hand, is another new parameter that steps into the equation. Everything we publish is spread through information from other bloggers (increasingly?), fake news , political propaganda and advertising . SEO wo n’t help much, social media won’t help, and AI will make everything even more blurry.
Werdmuller also said that with the advent of generative AI (or, more accurately, the generative AI bubble), this dynamic can be described more roughly . Everything we post can be ingested by social media platforms as training data for their artificial intelligence engines . Prediction engines are trained on our words , actions , images , audio, and then resell them . We do now yes product . Do we have the ability to allow ourselves to be tracked and shaped? Perhaps , as Werdmuller points out , this may be unavoidable, but we should not let our publications become training data. Artificial intelligence is a challenge , but it can also pose dangers like any misused technology . As we outline in our Declaration for the Ethical and Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence , it must be legislated and rules for its use adopted . In short , today 's social networks are a waste of time , except for the concrete and interesting conversations you can have and the quality information you get from profiles with all the difficulty of fighting the algorithm outside. Also remember that social networks like TikTok or Instagram are still how many entrepreneurs (including influencers) and small businesses make a living.