The Picard ManeuverNov 14
Job applications want your whole life
Show threadzxqwasNov 14
How to legally discriminate against anyone above the age of 40?
Show threadUnderpantsWeevil

Or under the age of 25. Nobody is voluntarily signing up for Instagram in the modern era. Hell, even TikTok is getting past its prime.

They might as well be demanding my Spotify Playlist.

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Show threadZwiebelNov 14
Where are the kids then? Roblox?
Show threadmephiskaNov 14
Google Calendar apparently
College kids are using Google Calendar for everything — even scheduling hookups

At least they’re learning time management.

New York Post
Show threadfonix232Nov 14

See, THIS is what modern technology was supposed to bring.

It's so hard to organise a hangout with friends. Nobody knows when they're available because they don't have a proper calendar. Everyone just lives their life one day at a time, having no clue if they'll be free next Tuesday for a pint or two. It's so annoying.

The moment you start using a semi-public calendar, things become so much easier. People don't need to see your events, just free/busy blocks. And when you want to organise something for a dozen people, that level of knowledge, combined with some AI (ain't nobody got time to find a free time slot that's good for everyone!), sorts these things out so quickly.

Sure, some 30% still won't turn up but at least it's not an endless "X can't make it next Tuesday, next Thursday would be good except Y and Z are out of town, etc etc". I have your emails, I have your availability calendars, let's make it happen. Boom. Pub time scheduled in 5 minutes.

Show threadjayboneNov 14
This doesn’t need AI. Traditional algorithms can do this.
Show threadfonix232Nov 14
True, I was thinking one step further with AI negotiating with your friends' AI to find the right spot, with minimal prompting to the users, kinda like the automated call screening systems you have on modern phones.
Show threadscathliathNov 16
Yeah, that’s the eventual industry goal with “agentic AI”. Still, absurd waste of power, water, and arable land in the end; especially since the big wigs aren’t even really doing much that’s innovative to reduce the draw to any of those. Hell, they’ll build a data center in one of the world’s hottest deserts on faith they can tap an aquifer. Wild really.
Show threadfonix232Nov 16

absurd waste of power, water, and arable land

the AI systems I'm talking about here aren't LLMs. Their power/resource usage is so insignificant that you could literally run them right on your smartphone without having a noticeable impact on battery life.

Show threadscathliathNov 16
I mean valid. I was mostly just supporting you’ve got a good use case by pointing out the industry is aiming for your ideal utilization. Personally I also agree with you in that a more pared down model usually can be more effective.
Show threadZwiebelNov 15
Move to Germany lol, everybody has a calendar. Downside is that you have to schedule meetups long in advance because everybody (at least adults) plan like at least a week, some like a month, ahead and we aren’t very flexible
Show threadIlovethebombNov 15

Then, an idea struck: He sent the girl a calendar invite titled “Hook up?” for the following Friday night at 11:30 p.m.

That’s brilliant.

Show threadUnderpantsWeevilNov 14

If you’re under 16 or over 40[pedo].

Discord might be the spot where all the cool kids hang out. Idk anymore, tbh.

Show threadJo MiranNov 14
There are plenty of 40+ non-pedo communities on Discord. You’ve got music production gear and synth communities like Dirtywave, Polyend, and Deluge, TTRPGs, software devs in general, and much more. Discord is also good for LFG, which is indispensable for any middle aged gamer who is too busy to have a regular gaming schedule and gaming crew.
Show threadUnderpantsWeevilNov 14
Tell me about it. AxeAndSickle is my go to for online gaming
Show threadObiniceNov 14

Are you sure? This guy seems pretty sure everybody that uses the current most popular western online community building chat platform is a sex offender if they’re over an arbitrary age. Surely they must be right!

I’m on the Discord community for my metropolitan city along with many thousands of people from all walks of life and all sorts of ages, I need to head over there and let them know that apparently they’re probably all sex offenders!

Show threadBroadfernNov 14

? I think OP was saying being on Roblox over the age of 40 was the pedo thing, not Discord.

I could be mistaken though.

Show threadRaiNov 14
That’s what I gathered too! I think the downvoting folks are taking the comment in a vacuum, not considering what they’re replying to.
Show threadA_norny_mousseNov 14

They might as well be demanding my Spotify Playlist.

Need to clean up majorly before submitting. Not sure if I should be more worried about certain lyrics or extreme noise and/or extreme weirdness.

Show threadDroechaiNov 14
Do you think I can keep pornocore tracks? I mean, they dont look at genre names, surely?
Show threadPasta DentalNov 14
you have no idea how popular insta is if you think this is the case
Show threadUnderpantsWeevilNov 14

You have no idea how many people still use dial-up internet. shrug

It’s still pigeonholed to a generational cohort.

Show threadJandroDelSolNov 14
i think you’re severely overestimating how discerning most zoomers are about social media
Show threadWoodScientistNov 14

Or under the age of 25. Nobody is voluntarily signing up for Instagram in the modern era.

Ok this will make me sound 8,000 years old, but what social network are the kids these days using? TikTok exists, but that isn’t really a personal blogging site like Facebook, Myspace, Instagram, etc. What is the equivalent for Facebook for present day high school and college students? Is everyone just on discord?

Show threadApertureUANov 14
Nobody does personal blogging. Well, except a few specific primates doing so on Xitter.
Show threadWoodScientistNov 14
You’re reading blog to literally. Think how people traditionally use Facebook/Myspace, posting regular updates, photos from their life, etc, intended primarily for friends and family to see. What’s the equivalent of that for kids today?
Show threadApertureUANov 15
None.
Show threadImaginary_Stand4909Nov 15

I mean, outside of posting a few pics of college events, I don’t think most of my friends post pictures to Instagram. Hell, some of them like me don’t even have Instagram/major social media anymore.

Before I left Insta, I didn’t even bother to follow friends/irl people I know because I’d rather talk to them in person that shit’s dumb, I really only looked at memes, silly reels/vids, and fanart of stuff. Like 90% of Gen Z is only on social media for content and lols, not to update each other on their lives

I talk to my friends in person. We share pictures of shit we do in life to each other in group chats, but 95% of what we do was done as a group anyway. We don’t really feel the need to let randos/online friends know every thing we’re doing all the time.

Show threadLyrlNov 14
I think large group chats. Benefits of larger audience posting without being completely public-facing.
Show threadT156Nov 15

I don’t think that people do that very much any more, since the medium has changed.

People don’t really do things like make blog posts as much as they used to.

Show threadmorrowindNov 14
As someone under 25, this is bullshit. I’m the only person my age I know that doesn’t use Instagram
Show threadSailorFuzzNov 15
Yall are making playlists? I just add all songs to the liked and just hit skip until I find songs I’m in the mood for.
Show threadLillyPipNov 16
Yeah, that sounds insane. Everyone knows those platforms are selling your data. I don’t think most young people are that stupid.