Is anyone else blown away by the quality and potential impact of the #AiWriter #AI #Writing work products from tools like Jasper, ChatGPT, or wherever? I routinely write, edit, buy writing, and buy editing, and this seems like it’s going to be hugely disruptive at least in the “middle” writing world that I mostly inhabit … blogs, brochures, marketing copy, etc. Most of the few random first-draft tests I’ve done are at least as good as the product from experienced human writers in these areas. read more >
It seems like #Twitter pro-democracy users are not just fleeing but being driven away, in order to de-platform and fragment this group. Is there a way #mastodon could ever become the same sort of “central” meeting/finding/discussing place?
On the surface, this seems difficult because of certain Mastodon design/features, most important the lack of algorithmic discovery.
Would it be possible to “train” new users to use hashtags and hashtag-based search until their follow-bases were established?
Twitter is a central meeting place. Recent changes seem to be aimed at denying a platform/place to pro-democracy thinkers, through bans, harassment, or disgust. What else is there to connect? #Mastodon? Older techs? #Blogs? #RSS? Email #listserv???
Twitter is a central meeting place. Recent changes seem to be aimed at denying a platform/place to pro-democracy thinkers, through bans, harassment, or disgust. What else is there to connect? #Mastodon? Older techs? #Blogs? #RSS? Email #listserv??? read more >
The point was never to embolden fascists, it was to deplatform and fragment pro-democracy groups by denying Twitter as a central meeting-place. Oddly, we must keep using Twitter for now to stay connected. Meanwhile we need to be saving names for regrouping later on a new place. read more >
A degree is worth it regardless of leading to direct employment. Helps your life and career in medium and long run. For career, esp short term, prob not. With a couple years experience, you can already get hired somewhere.
To me, a degree forms a broad, deep foundation for living and growing. That’s a big deal. It’s the foundation for *every* job. It *alone* needn’t get you a specific job. That’s what work-study, contract work, and internships are for. All those together, that’s a solid education.