@madeindex I think in many ways it has died in the sense of no longer the pages we used to visit are useful.
The good news is that the new generation of web has already started. Right now there is almost an alternative to every mainstream platform.
I believe that due to these new platforms not announced on main platforms (remember when people announced that they were leaving for Mastodon and they tried to prevent other users from seeing it?) Its hard to reach all of the new target audience
@madeindex we might need to build our own web search engine. I was reading about the indie web but facing the issue of "but how do I find these websites" situation
@squareScarletCougar But once everyone moves here, won't the massive amount of #AISlop move with them?
Right now this is an uninteresting target, as it's relatively small.
Yeah we need to promote it way more, today I actually began work on a subreddit called /r/fedipropaganda ;)
@madeindex maybe but I feel the main difference is the platform and the users. There is no algorithm or agenda pushing AI slop to our faces, people usually out it quickly.
Will it ever go away? I don't think so. Since years ago before GPT there was already slop being pushed now we are facing the wave of tossing everything to the wall and see what it sticks.
@madeindex Pinterest is a great example. No one likes it now, its completely flooded with slop. The platform will either double down AND die or it will ban AI. Meanwhile users will migrate to different platforms scattered to whatever they will find. Just like the web back in the day where you find a website and stay on it
@madeindex which is the way to do it! thank you for your dedication to the cause ✊
@madeindex Most of the slop is motivated by money. Once you are not being paid by the click the motivation for the slop goes way down.
@gam3 Yeah that is true. The political etc. content seems to be a much smaller portion. So you are suggesting the ban of all ads on the web? Probably also unrealistic as it also finances a large portion of it, right?
@madeindex YouTube is very expensive and runs on ad revenue, so I think it is the test case. The shorts, which are more click driven that time driven seem to be much worse than the long format videos.
Competition is likely the answer though. If YouTube gets to bad people will start paying for Nebula or figure out a way to pay for a PeerTube server or somesuch.
But it't the pay per click that is the problem, not the ad IMHO.
@gam3 but But why is AI PPC driven? Somehow seems to me like there are many other things it's used for, such a AD revenue, Affiliate Marketing, Promo, Propaganda and such?
@squareScarletCougar 🤝
The bane of my existence is that to promote the Fedi and other causes, I have to maintain accounts for this project on the dark side - as it's the best place to reach people who are not already agreeing hehe ;)
@madeindex its no different from when we did propaganda against the Nazis https://youtu.be/nk1eWaic2-M?si=VdxUHRNgAcBIeIor
@squareScarletCougar yeah, also feels to me like #Pinterest is pretty much useless now.
@squareScarletCougar yeah, I remember article spinning and the likes, it just became much better.
#Google / #Bing are big time pushing #AISlop for sure. So many top results are obviously completely #Ai generated and maintained ;)
