Tag: social media
Hacking AI News
Having recently graduated, it seemed like a good time to try new things. Among the new things I’ve recently tried out is a WordPress theme called AI News. It’s an open source theme intended for sites that want to incorporate a ChatGPT plugin to write blog posts. I have no intention of using that plugin…
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Monday Mike 2: Happy Holidays
The 2nd episode of the Monday Mike vlog. Hi. I’m Mike and welcome to my vlog. It’s the 23rd of December in 2019, so I want to take a moment and wish you all a Happy Holidays. Today’s the first day of Hanukkah. Winter officially started a few days ago with the Winter Solstice, and…
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That’s Amore
When the site you visit first Is on the Fediverse, That’s Amore! It’s almost winter break, so it almost goes without saying that I’ve been thinking about a project to keep me from getting bored. Over the past month or so I’ve been looking at the Fediverse and the projects associated with it. It sort…
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Reading this article about how the “short-term, dopamine driven feedback loops” created by social media giants are killing normal discourse, it makes me wonder how to fix it. Maybe if Facebook, Twitter, etc limited people to a maximum number of friends/followers, it would introduce a check in the system. I normally use Twitter, so I’ll…
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