Understandable, but it is tiresome. It's everywhere. Radio, TV, Social Media. It just gets old hearing about it 24/7. I respect everyones opionion when it comes to politics no matter which side they are on and that's what is great about the US, we can have open opinions.
Dumas Walker wrote to SCUZ <=-
Changing the subject slightly to social media, I agree. There is too
much of it there and a lot of what is there is misinformation. The
people who are constantly freaked out about what (politician name here)
is up to are the ones that spend way too much time on Meta or X.
Changing the subject slightly to social media, I agree. There is too much of it there and a lot of what is there is misinformation. The people who are constantly freaked out about what (politician name here) is up to are the ones that spend way too much time on Meta or X.
I'm getting frustrated with the whataboutism. Defend your position, see
if you can convince the other side.
The last bot free service on the planet other than face to face meetups.
AI bots and ScamBots have INFESTED
just about every form of
communications to the point it is
now virtually impossible to tell
the bots from real people.
FB is totally BORKED!!
Sending me notifications for posts I've seen more than 24 hours prior,
Not showing me time critical posts until the events have already
passed.
AI bots and ScamBots have INFESTED just about every form of
communications to the point it is now virtually impossible to tell the bots from real people.
Geri Atricks wrote to All <=-
AI bots and ScamBots have INFESTED just about every form of
communications to the point it is now virtually impossible to tell the bots from real people.
slacker wrote to Geri Atricks <=-
Agreed. It's getting really bad. The only social media type thing I'm
on these days is Reddit and some subs are just flooded with bot posts. (Looking at you /r/AITA and the like)
Agreed. It's getting really bad. The only social media type thing I'm
on these days is Reddit and some subs are just flooded with bot posts. (Looking at you /r/AITA and the like)
Yeah, twitter and Reddit are both champions of The Story That Never
Happened.
Geri Atricks wrote to All <=-
AI bots and ScamBots have INFESTED just about every form of communications to the point it is now virtually impossible to tell th bots from real people.
I wonder how much of the total internet traffic is AI slop and bots now?
For these reasons primarily, I am leaving Social Media and retreating back to the good ole pre-internet BBS. The last bot free service on the planet other
than face to face meetups.
boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
On 03 Apr 2026 at 08:35a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
Geri Atricks wrote to All <=-
AI bots and ScamBots have INFESTED just about every form of communications to the point it is now virtually impossible to tell th bots from real people.
I wonder how much of the total internet traffic is AI slop and bots now?
I think a lot of it is.
There is a lot of bots on X, and a lot of scammy accounts, particularly from India. But slop has been around a while. I noticed, even many
years ago, you would search for a topic for which there should be many
old pages, but Google would return new pages, brief "introductory'
pages on old topics, like old Unix utilities and the like.
boraxman wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
On 03 Apr 2026 at 08:35a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said...
Geri Atricks wrote to All <=-
AI bots and ScamBots have INFESTED just about every form of communications to the point it is now virtually impossible to te bots from real people.
I wonder how much of the total internet traffic is AI slop and bots
I think a lot of it is.
There is a lot of bots on X, and a lot of scammy accounts, particular from India. But slop has been around a while. I noticed, even many years ago, you would search for a topic for which there should be man old pages, but Google would return new pages, brief "introductory' pages on old topics, like old Unix utilities and the like.
In my experience Mastodon hasn't been taken over like this yet, but give it time and it might be.
Mastodon servers from what I know require a lot more horse power to run than bbs's though.
In my experience Mastodon hasn't been taken over like this yet, but g it time and it might be.
Mastodon servers from what I know require a lot more horse power to r than bbs's though.
I almost forgot about Mastodon...
Khronos wrote to boraxman <=-
In my experience Mastodon hasn't been taken over like this yet, but
give it time and it might be.
Mastodon servers from what I know require a lot more horse power to run than bbs's though.
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boraxman wrote to Khronos <=-
I almost forgot about Mastodon...
Mastodon is federated right? Is there some central control? I'm wary
of platforms where there is undue censorship.
In my experience Mastodon hasn't been taken over like this yet, but give it time and it might be.
Mastodon servers from what I know require a lot more horse power to run than bbs's though.
Mastodon is federated right? Is there some central control? I'm wary of platforms where there is undue censorship.
Please pardon my ignorance, but other than the prehistoric ancester of the elephant, I've never heard of this Mastodon. Please enlighten me.
Khronos wrote to boraxman <=-
In my experience Mastodon hasn't been taken over like this yet, but give it time and it might be.
As long as the feed remains chronological and I can block/mute accounts
I don't want to hear from, I think Mastodon has a fighting chance. I've
already seen some servers get blacklisted, I think fracturing is more
of an issue than signal-to-noise ratio.
I almost forgot about Mastodon...
Mastodon is federated right? Is there some central control? I'm wary of platforms where there is undue censorship.
i don't recall if it was around here (bbs scene) or elsewhere but
someone had mentioned some of the mastodon clients that would be the
most useful (phone) come pre-configured to ban a collection of various servers for reasons you may or may not agree with.
the problem is you don't really get to choose..
I almost forgot about Mastodon...
Please pardon my ignorance, but other than the prehistoric ancester of
the elephant, I've never heard of this Mastodon. Please enlighten me.
I almost forgot about Mastodon...
Mastodon is federated right? Is there some central control? I'm war of platforms where there is undue censorship.
No central control, more of an anarcho-centric coalition. Each node has
their own policies and themes, and if they choose, they can block
specific nodes (and their users) based on whatever.
If you don't agree with the editorial bent of the node you're on, you
can pick another node - or start your own. And, you can easily
redirect your follow list and users to your current location. For
example, I started off on mastodon.social, the main server. After
playing with tildes, I found tilde.zone and wanted to use that as my
URL and my main instance. With a few settings, I was able to copy over
who I followed, and make mastodon.social point people to my new
location.
On 08 Apr 2026, boraxman said the following...
I almost forgot about Mastodon...
Mastodon is federated right? Is there some central control? I'm war platforms where there is undue censorship.
i don't recall if it was around here (bbs scene) or elsewhere but
someone had mentioned some of the mastodon clients that would be the
most useful (phone) come pre-configured to ban a collection of various servers for reasons you may or may not agree with.
the problem is you don't really get to choose..
speech. Elon has done well with X in this regard. The thing with
can find some place which has an editorial bent that doesn't conflict
with you, but thats just another echo chamber.
I think I prefer just to have a single, proper open network with free speech. Elon has done well with X in this regard.
the problem is you don't really get to choose..I can pretty much already tell the politics of a group or movement or scene, where they ban servers. That alone is a big turn off from the technology.
I wonder about the free speech claim, too, since evidently one cannot
say, "cis", so far as I understand. Which really cuts down on discussion of cis fatty acids. And Musk amplifies his own voice over others.
But I'll do my best to leave the topic alone, as it'll get into politics
a little too quickly, I imagine. As likely does _anything_ Musk.
Possible that everything is an echo chamber, to _some_ extent. Since the people into various places are into those places for a reason.
E.g., we're all on BBSs, and that's going to limit which sort of people are here.
And FSXnet has a few rules that differentiate it from other networks,
thus also selecting people (or things discussed), to whatever extent.
But chatting on FSXnet is significantly more pleasant to me than elsewhere, and whether or not people consider it an echo chamber, I'd vastly prefer it over places where "engagement" means rage bait and controversy.
Here, it feels like we have at least a little more, "consider the people behind the screen", and thus it feels a bit more human than I seem to be able to get over much of the rest of the internet.
(Probably doesn't hurt that people/bots using LLMs haven't spent a whole lot of time writing messages here, too.)
Re: Re: Social Media
By: boraxman to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Apr 09 2026 01:40 am
I think I prefer just to have a single, proper open network with free speech. Elon has done well with X in this regard.
No... free speech at all costs is not healthy, and X isn't even that.
It's free speech if Elon agrees with you (mostly), but X is now really quite well known as being a toxic shithole.
Look what gets amplified there... I'm sorry, but by just about most any reasonable standards, X is not a good place.
the problem is you don't really get to choose..I can pretty much already tell the politics of a group or movement or scene, where they ban servers. That alone is a big turn off from the technology.
Like a BBS, you can set up your own and federate with whoever you wish,
or whoever will tolerate you.
I don't understand the notion of forcing extreme speech on people as
being a good thing.
What do people get banned for? Is there censorship?
particular point of view blocked. There are some extreme banned accounts (violence, CP, etc, which is fine)
I'm not sure whether the issue some people have is because they are reading things they don't like, or because they are unable to put forward their particular views.
What do people get banned for? Is there censorship?
I would suggest that getting banned isn't the only measure of
censorship. If thier algorithm has been tweaked to only amplify certain takes, then what would you call the takes that fall outside of that?
particular point of view blocked. There are some extreme banned acco (violence, CP, etc, which is fine)
I don't recall them shutting down Grok.
Both, I believe. When one eventually realizes they're sitting at the
nazi bar, that drives many away.
However, I appreciate your discussion on it!
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