Peter1d ago
another successful guy in his 50s has been one-shotted by Claude. F in the chat for Mike Masnick, may his brain RIP. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/
Show threadWally

@peter
Ah bummer, Masnick.
I'm not exactly surprised especially with how he also fell hard for Bluesky's empty promises of an open decentralized social media that just looks like they completely control.

Still bummed though.

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Show threadPeter1d ago
@Wally haha i mean, it's not like he's dead. still an important voice. just, you know, less important now.
Show threadWally1d ago

@peter
Much less important now IMO
Started with him falling for BS BS and progressed to whatever this is

Wonder how long until he gets AI psychosis and starts ranting about how 2+2=5 because Claude told him so

Show threadJon Renaut1d ago
@Wally I met him at a conference in maybe 2009, right after he had written up my blog post on Techdirt. He's always seemed like a good dude except for how often he starts a sentence with "Hell, ..."