If I saw this, I would assume a mass targeted smite was occurring

Hostile governments can probably just buy the data from the same data brokers the US got it from

You wouldn’t download rear-heated seats.

Mastodon really runs on direct post engagement, especially boosts, to make the whole thing work without an algorithm

It’s very similar to tumblr in that a boost is supposed to function like a like/upvote to spread content, since no automated algorithm is going to suggest that post for you.

But I’m sure people are also trying to grow their networks quick, since it’s sort of a hollow experience without it

Needs a special character?

Password123!

This is how Mickey Mouse comes into creation

Salix is right that it alludes to the Dead Internet Theory.

I don’t actually subscribe to the full theory that the internet is already dead and we only talk to bots, but I do think bot activity may become advanced and pervasive enough to create a “Dead Internet” like scenario (or at least fundamentally alter platforms away from what we currently know as the internet experience)

These companies not being able to handle bot attacks without hamstringing major parts of their platforms is a canary in the coal mine for the Dead Internet.

Shout out to Humanitarian OSM Team (www.hotosm.org/)

You can help map roads, buildings and other features for disaster zones and other areas in urgent need of accurate mapping.

QGIS and OpenStreetMap for mapping

A lot of people left due to it not being morally sound for them to support Musk and his actions.

But now there are paywalled features that are ruining the functional experience of Twitter. You can’t look at the site for more than half an hour before getting restricted on a free account

Plus Mastodon has had time to polish instances, apps and gain a userbase so it is a little easier to transition

How do you remove your account from Memmy?

I wanted to log out then back in after the hack, but I can’t find any function to remove the account in the app.

The three plaintiffs allege that when prompted, ChatGPT will produce a summary of their works. They claim this is copyright infringement, as they did not consent to their books being fed to ChatGPT.

How can they have a case? How many sites, interviews, social media posts have content that goes over summaries of their books?

Silverman herself has probably gone over the book context in enough posts and press releases/interviews to give ChatGPT all the context it needs.

If only paid subscribers could get more than 25 uses of GPT-4 every 3 hours…

I think the content level has gotten better even in the past few days.

I predict at ~200,000 users, there will be a good enough flow of posts and comments that it won’t feel as empty compared to Reddit.

American southeast could single handedly power the country