Mastodawn

An interesting read. I'm disappointed to see that so many people are adopting corporate LLMs as a "creative" tool or to provide human-like contact. Hopefully this decreases as people realize there are better alternatives that are less harmful. I was glad to see that social media use is waning, as I see it to be generally unhealthy. (though obviously ymmv).

Passive social media use, AI companionship, and online side hustles: UK adults’ media and online lives revealed
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/media-use-and-attitudes/media-habits-adults/passive-social-media-use-ai-companionship-and-online-side-hustles-uk-adults-media-and-online-lives-revealed

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Chaddicus

I also found it interesting that I'm not alone in mostly watching YouTube for entertainment. I find that it is easier and often more productive to find stuff I want to watch there than on more traditional streaming platforms. I'd be interested to see what proportion of YouTube-watchers also pirated traditional media, and if they did so more out of convenience or more from a belief that the state of the media industry justifies doing so.