For the last 20 years ive been part of a small online modding scene for a very niche sandbox video game where a large part of the communtiy is people of all art ability contributing to produce work for the game either in written, 3d or 2d art form.
the introduction of ai generative image work into the community lead to 95% of the human designed 2d and 3d graphic art to stop being produced entirely.
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"The problem isn’t that the fediverse isn’t viable. The problem isn’t that it’s “too complicated.” The problem is that the giants of Silicon Valley have spent 20 years convincing us that anything outside their control isn’t worth our time."
"The internet was meant to belong to everyone. And it still fucking can."
By @Daojoan
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-fediverse-isnt-the-future-its-the-present-weve-been-denied/
For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few massive corporations. Every post, every “friend,” every creative work—