Last post before....well, I suppose we'll see...

[lunadelcorvo]

I'm realizing that this journal has become a series of 'hey, I'm back and gonna try again!' So, I'll forgive you for any skepticism if I say, well, yeah. After years of more or less living on LJ, LJ got squirrelly, DW was pricy (compared to my lifetime permanent, Cadillac, all the perks (aka icons) membership at LJ, and FB became a thing.

FB has become increasingly toxic, and while I have so many people and communities there which I cherish, the insane influx of sponsored, forced, 'recommended,' and otherwise unwanted BS has been getting more and more annoying. I spend more time blocking unwanted accounts than I do reading the people I love. And now, AI.

I have my own run-ins with AI, which I will describe in another post, but I am becoming convinced that AI and the inevitable dumbing down of the population that comes with it pose an even more salient threat to humanity than fascism, climate change and nuclear war combined. If nothing else, it will be the complete loss of any kind of objective reality that will allow these other threats to reign unchallenged.

So when FB has made AI inescapable, even as the AI itself admits that it is programmed to prioritize 'engagement over accuracy,' I think it may be time to do as others have done and just bow out of FB entirely. I left Twitter ages ago, but FB is a two-decade record of my life and experiences. It's hard to let that go. It's also the only point of contact I have with some people I really don't want to lose track of. I'm not quite there, but I think it's becoming inevitable.

I'm on BlueSky, and looking at Mastadon, and of course, I've been here for ages, even when I haven't 'been here.' We shall see. I think it is time for me, personally, to return to recording more of what I see happening in the world anyway.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Nice to see you about! :o)

[lunadelcorvo]

Nice to see you, too!

[avalonautumn]

Agreed on the A.I. craziness and how it pertains to social media. Did none of the creators watch The Terminator movies or the second generation of Battlestar Galactica? SHEESH!

I haven't been away nearly as long as you, but I've been also starting and stopping a bit as I've struggled with the world lately and my very understandable decent into panic attacks and depression (the most fun combination ever!)

I would LOVE any posts you pop out! I've always enjoyed your writing. Your insightful perspective is vastly helpful. I don't feel quite as crazy when I see I'm not the only one seeing these things, you know?

HUGS & welcome back!

[lunadelcorvo]

Thank you so much for the warm welcome (back)! I know what you mean about being on-and-off; that's been me with a lot of things over the last few years. It didn't help that a huge chunk of the LJ 'family' I'd built up fell away when LJ got squirrely, and never made here.

But we all need to be able to reassure ourselves that we are not alone in this mess, or in seeing what's happening. Yeah, the AI thing; it's absolutely mind-boggling how no one seems to be able to see the dangers!

[starstraf]

Love to see!

[lunadelcorvo]

Same! LJ really was 'home' for a lot of years, I'm hoping to build that kind of community again.