Anya Danilova

@anya@typo.social
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Show threadAnya DanilovaJun 20
@mass_driver Thanks Rutherford! At this point it's hard to let go, also I miss all notifications at the top corner if I'm in the working mode. Alfred has the large type output which could potentially help. I keep having a feeling @ryan actually showed something like this to me many years ago
Show threadAnya DanilovaJun 20
@kai Hey Kai! This app cannot seem to be found for some reason. Funnily enough, I thought incorporating things in Alfred *is* the path of least resistance, turns out it's just something I cannot let go so I have to figure it out. Will update!
Anya DanilovaJun 19
Oh the irony: to spend half a day sitting with AI and trying to figure out how to make an Alfred workflow with big notification to stand up and exercise every 40 mins — and to not succeed
Show threadAnya DanilovaMay 1

@yacodes thanks guys, I don't know anything about these, will read further.

I also wonder about how Meta *at least* sort of asks for permission, while we know other AI platfroms were and are not as prudent. While I don't see how I can be 100% sure that my stuff is not used for AI training (if I wanted to), they give me false sense of being in control with this email, so I am confused even more

Anya DanilovaApr 28

So. Everybody sh*ts over instagram, yet very few leave it, it is still a platform for showing work for many of us.

I'm a good example of a person having anxiety episodes over posting/not posting/posting not good enough work/not reposting others/liking/not liking/not receiving enough likes to prove that my work is good/you get the idea.

Yet I still post there, and so do others. I wonder if people received this email and how do they respond? Or is it finally the sign to get out?

Anya DanilovaMar 28
Finally, some good usage of a ChatGPT subscription (what if Slavoj Žižek talked about type)
Show threadAnya DanilovaMar 24
@bennzorn The Innie and the Outie Foundries
Anya DanilovaMar 20

Came back with expectations to see heated (no) conversations about co-op and whatnot, maybe I'm not in the needed bubble for this? As a person with zero foundries, I don't think it concerns me, I just want to listen to smart people.

That said, I think Fonstand pushed me to think about...future, and for this and for all the conference in general, my biggest gratitute🖤

Anya DanilovaNov 8, 2022
Well hello to yet another platform for me to sit quietly and watch cool people show cool stuff they are working on until I give up and stop browsing because of the rising anxiety, yay!
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Anya DanilovaApr 28

So. Everybody sh*ts over instagram, yet very few leave it, it is still a platform for showing work for many of us.

I'm a good example of a person having anxiety episodes over posting/not posting/posting not good enough work/not reposting others/liking/not liking/not receiving enough likes to prove that my work is good/you get the idea.

Yet I still post there, and so do others. I wonder if people received this email and how do they respond? Or is it finally the sign to get out?

Show threadaceryzApr 28

@anya At best, users of Meta's or (Google's, or Microsoft's) products are marketing targets. At worst, they the source of training data for more algorithms. Usually it's both.

Using those products is allowing to be exploited and strengthening the exploiters. Is the exposure and networking worth? Everyone needs to answer for themselves. I sure don't think it is.

Show threadAleksandr YakunichevApr 28

@anya Meta and other technofeudalists won’t voluntarily change their rent-based business model and there won’t be any major legislation against them in the near future.

What I can see as a smooth transition is to create an alternative platform for showcasing one’s work — essentially a webpage — and start referencing the posts on Instagram. This way one can be in control of their information and will possibly build a community of like-minded people around it.

Show threadAleksandr YakunichevApr 28
@anya There are a bunch of initiatives promoting exactly that:
• https://indieweb.org/
• https://webring.xxiivv.com/
• https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/
IndieWeb

The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the “corporate web”.

Show threadNick ShermanApr 29
@yacodes @anya Also known as the “POSSE” approach – Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere.
https://indieweb.org/POSSE
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/23/23928550/posse-posting-activitypub-standard-twitter-tumblr-mastodon
POSSE

POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, the practice of posting content on your own site first, then publishing copies or sharing links to third parties (like social media silos) with original post links to provide viewers a path to directly interacting with your content.

IndieWeb
Show threadAnya DanilovaMay 1

@yacodes thanks guys, I don't know anything about these, will read further.

I also wonder about how Meta *at least* sort of asks for permission, while we know other AI platfroms were and are not as prudent. While I don't see how I can be 100% sure that my stuff is not used for AI training (if I wanted to), they give me false sense of being in control with this email, so I am confused even more

Show threadAleksandr YakunichevMay 1

@anya Well, corporations ask for permission to appear ethical. They are not. The ones that ask aren’t any better than the ones that do not. Corporations will do what they want anyway unless there is a legislature against them.

The tech to fight AI training exists — Anubis or AI labyrinths are gaining popularity. But again, it works only on user-owned content and can’t be applied to corporate-owned platforms.