Paul KedroskyApr 16, 2023
Even hardcore Twitter types noticing the decline in timeline activity there. Social networks, like all social activities, can flip rapidly from FOMO (fear of missing out) to FOBS (fear of being seen). Twitter is very close to doing that FOMO→FOBS engagement flip.
Show threadRRBApr 16, 2023

@paul It does not matter, they just need to hook Musk's feed to about 40 mil GPT bots set on fawning mode. He is definitely willing to pay $44 Bil to get simulacra of approval.

I would be kind of surprised if they are not surreptitiously doing something like that already. All he wants is a lot of slavishly doting comments to make up for his childhood.

Show threadHelderweb

@rrb @paul

I met a new word today..

plural noun:
SIMULACRA
an image or representation of someone or something.
"a small-scale simulacrum of a skyscraper"
an unsatisfactory imitation or substitute.
"a bland simulacrum of American soul music"

Apr 17, 2023 at 2:32amWeb
Show threadRRBApr 17, 2023
@Helderweb @paul You are we!come. Now read some Baudrillard to blow our mind.