mcc12h ago

My desire to use Mastodon is basically at zero now because post-"Claude", hanging out here means inevitably I'm going to have a conversation with someone who tolerates, or even uses, "generative AI". And what's the point of being in a community where that's a risk. Interestingly* there is absolutely no chance of this on Bluesky, because there are artists there

* And oddly, given how "AI"-brained the *admins* there are

Show threadCassandra is only carbon now12h ago
@mcc That's surprising to me, every time I've accidentally waded into Bluesky, I immediately run into AI bros. Like, in seconds.
Show threadmcc12h ago
@xgranade Hm. I'm blocking 11,142 people, so maybe that has something to do with it. Have you considered blocking 11,142 people?
Show threadTim Bray12h ago
@mcc @xgranade I'm so impressed. Do you have a mass-block tool or some such?
Show threadmcc12h ago
@timbray okay so confession I'm only blocking about 800 people and the remainder are the "jesse singal followers blocklist", which I would highly recommend for anyone considering using bluesky as it is a *very* strong antiquality signal
Show threadTim Bray
@mcc 800 is still an admirable total. Fortunately, we don’t have Singal on Fedi afaik.
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