I was talking about this with my husband last night— "the dark forest is growing."
https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:36 (one year ago) link
I certainly post more on a private Discord server than I do anywhere else except ILX— I am tired of being perceived and "creating content"
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:37 (one year ago) link
yeah thats the other part of social media dying the conversation aspects are moving to more chat type platforms
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:39 (one year ago) link
turns out talking to everyone all at once was not the best way to talk
what about flipping the paradigm -- everybody talks to one
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
I have found Facebook to be a great place to get an audience for paintings and photography. That's the motivation-rewards loop - brief hit
Internet has such great potential for non-profit betterment of life - hopefully the dark forest will include such cozy cottages
― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:41 (one year ago) link
and the "one" switches all the time, like kiss cam
xp
"what about flipping the paradigm -- everybody talks to one"I like it - TalktoMebook
― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
thats called the main character of the day, everyone tells them they should go to jail
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
yeah but what if tomorrow it was the shift manager at office depot
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:43 (one year ago) link
and suddenly everyone is talking to him
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
only if they say something bad online
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:44 (one year ago) link
i don't know, could be fun, i'm just saying let's flip the paradigm here
just saw some stats that over-50's make 80% of the political comments on social media... the younger folks generally avoid the subject
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
nobody should use tiktok
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/10/tiktoks-secret-operation-tracks-you-even-if-you-dont-use-it
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2022/07/tiktok-is-unacceptable-security-risk-and-should-be-removed-from-app-stores-says-fcc
― sleeve, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
xp and let's face it, you absolutely know the shift manager at office depot said something bad online
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:45 (one year ago) link
the perfect post for a office depot manager to get man charactered for is bragging about over charging a homeless person for making copies of a job application
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:48 (one year ago) link
just saw some stats that over-50's make 80% of the political comments on social media...
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 3:45 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
yeah but thats just cause theyre replying "trump more like dump" to home depot ads 50 times a day
https://i.imgur.com/abEt6zB.png
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:50 (one year ago) link
thats right
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
now you understand the potential of everyone talks to one
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:51 (one year ago) link
i should get one of those hats
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:54 (one year ago) link
you know what kudos to the truman show for nailing the headset mic visionary before he was a wildly known type of guy
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 19:58 (one year ago) link
Fwiw I see at least as many screenshots of tweets on TikTok as I see TikTok videos on Twitter
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:04 (one year ago) link
i wonder if tiktok just figured out you like tweets
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:05 (one year ago) link
Twitter's research also examined what topics are of interest to their most active users. It is increasingly NSFW and crypto content and these users are actually losing interest in world news, sports, fashion and entertainment— Sheila Dang (@Sheila_Dang) October 25, 2022
lol circling the drain
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:06 (one year ago) link
there is a surprising amount of nsfw like a video of some girl just screaming "DO YOU WANT TO &*%& ME" - like do the TIKTOK makers realize Americans find that kind of thing supriosing
― | (Latham Green), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:08 (one year ago) link
twitter: pornhub for shills
― rob, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:09 (one year ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/qtNx8s0.jpg
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:11 (one year ago) link
I installed TikTok for one person and when you load the app random videos start playing. they are all so astonishingly horny. like 4 minutes of "when your best friend's sister comes over!!! and starts saying a lot of suggestive things that make you want to fuck her!!!"
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:17 (one year ago) link
haa good stuff
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:19 (one year ago) link
is the beret some reference to Erich von Stroheim or Ingmar Bergman? Should really have a monocle as well, the headset mic is the equivalent of the old bullhorn
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:21 (one year ago) link
this thread inspired my to download tiktok and upon opening it i got 3 horny vids and then one of those silly cooking vids
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
i do like the ones of chinese people making big soup in the countryside
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:26 (one year ago) link
youtube started a very wack TT ripoff feature and it is super horny too
― rob, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
yeah those are cool
there is definitely some funny/informative stuff on Tiktok but a lot of it gets filtered through Twitter so I just watch it there. unfortunately the majority of it is either softcore porn or "True facts that will DEMOLISH your perception of time Part 97" featuring a dude making the most unnatural voiceover you've ever heard
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:37 (one year ago) link
when I go onto youtube to look at Deep Purple videos or whatever, it's interesting to see what's 'trending': 'OMG, watch what happen when the bridegroom finally opens to the pantry door!' or whatever.. who watches this shit? And it'll have like 750 million views
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
or whatever
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:44 (one year ago) link
I want to add that the good dancing videos are so good that they fill me with relief.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:45 (one year ago) link
when I go onto youtube to look at Deep Purple videos or whatever, it's interesting to see what's 'trending': 'OMG, watch what happen when the bridegroom finally opens to the pantry door!' or whatever.. who watches this shit? And it'll have like 750 million views― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 1:43 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 1:43 PM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink
One of the things that the internet has made certain: most people are incredibly simple, passive creatures.
― broccoli rabe thomas (the table is the table), Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
the worst part about the youtube algo is how it feeds you conspiracy versions of your interests like hey noticed you watched an archaeology video on gobekli tepe would you perhaps like to watch this one about how atlantis was real
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:47 (one year ago) link
totally - I was looking for info about my old .22 rifle (xmas present when I was 12) and started getting survivalist suggestions, for when the Coming Storm arrives
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link
i wonder if it's because the algorithm gives bonus points for having some sort of business angle or a product for sale, biased not necessarily toward "grift" itself but toward "commerce", which is a ton of grift and conspiracy
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:54 (one year ago) link
if you start a new account it really is astonishing how fast it leads you down the Joe Rogan/Ben Shapiro rabbit hole
― frogbs, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:55 (one year ago) link
as in, search for art and you'll find artists and galleries, search for music and you'll get pushed toward the things they're selling, celebrities have a tv show or a movie or whatever. but search for something that doesn't have a clear commercial connection, like "i am always lonely", and it still searches for some sort of commercial connection
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:56 (one year ago) link
i have my finger on the pulse of the nation - they're all searching "i am always lonely" on tiktok
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 20:57 (one year ago) link
― frogbs, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 4:55 PM (three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
it still tries to serve me joe rogan videos occasionally even tho ive done nothing to deserve it except maybe watching boxing documentaries
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 21:00 (one year ago) link
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, October 25, 2022 4:54 PM (five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
maybe who knows whats going on in there, but i think they also just consider conspiracy videos to be videos that belong to whatever category that legit ones do, its all just videos to them
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 21:01 (one year ago) link
yeah plus I would bet consp videos have really strong time-on-site numbers compared to less nuts content
― rob, Tuesday, 25 October 2022 21:04 (one year ago) link