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breaks my heart seeing andreas kling become a full on techbro
Andy@prefetcher the effects of big invest
@prefetcher that said, I do think that a lot of the mindset must have already been there
but being put on a pedestal through a popular project and the given position of power quite quickly leads to behaviour like this + the superiority of their opinions they then display
nullenvk@prefetcher okay, what drama am I missing out on rn
@nullenvk not much, he just gave up on serenityos, VC funded his own web browser with a ex-github techbro and is now spouting faux-intelligent shit on his ~~Twitter~~ X:tm: account
Wolf480pl@wolf480pl @nullenvk quoting Jordan Peterson, who's the biggest right wing faux-"philosopher"
same guy who complained on twitter about China having penis milking factories
same guy who complained on twitter about China having penis milking factories
Norm Mikoto@prefetcher @nullenvk what is with people wanting to be armchair philosophers on the internet
NeonPurpleStar 
@mikoto @nullenvk @prefetcher my own sister has bought peterson's books and is a looney for him, i cannot talk much to her
@NeonPurpleStar @nullenvk @prefetcher reminds me of my cousins from boston who literally take joe rogan's words at face value and literally believe in all of those random political conspiracy theories
@mikoto @nullenvk @prefetcher i don't think i can be shaken off the belief that the web as it is, is a major factor for the resurgence of fascism in the forms that we see it
@NeonPurpleStar @nullenvk @prefetcher oh I am sure it's a major factor, the web allows any idea to spread farther and wider than ever before, whether good or not
@mikoto @nullenvk that's the techbro effect of having money and power, they pretend like their opinions are worth more than a dog's arse
everyone wants to be Naval 2.0 and feel that they're worth following for that sweet sweet X Premium payout
everyone wants to be Naval 2.0 and feel that they're worth following for that sweet sweet X Premium payout
dfug@prefetcher @mikoto @nullenvk these days when i see a "my advice to X" type post and some grandstanding grind culture shit I just assume alt-right bullshit by default
i initially couldn't believe the ponzi premium payout thing is motivating people to post engagement bait that hard but i've seen youtubers mention it actually helps pay the bills for them at this point which is fucked up
@Difegue @mikoto @nullenvk it's honestly just a fucking scam, the avg payout for "X Premium" from what I've seen people post is like less than $100, and you have to actually grind the worst fucking possible engagement bait to even have the chance of getting your $30
this legit just made bot posts and actual human posts just completely indistinguishable from each other
this legit just made bot posts and actual human posts just completely indistinguishable from each other
@prefetcher @Difegue @nullenvk honestly wonder how much of those posts are LLM generated, wouldn't surprise me if those make up the majority
@prefetcher @mikoto @nullenvk well even $30 can be a shitload of money for third-world countries, which i'm imagining is where all the bait and botposting comes from
i'm guessing the bait gets a bonus algo boost if it's alt-right shit too, since the entire platform is basically engineered to rig the election at this point
@mikoto @nullenvk @prefetcher
I think I have a tendency to be an armchair philosopher too. I can try to explain what the appeal is to me, if you want.
I think I have a tendency to be an armchair philosopher too. I can try to explain what the appeal is to me, if you want.
juni@prefetcher the john carmack pipeline claims yet another