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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.
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.
