5 comments

  • mitchbob 20 hours ago

    I think the only realistic long term solution is for people, ordinary people, to own and control the systems and tools they use. We can create consumer cooperatives for social media and applications and offer tax credits to offset the costs. We can also require interoperability through legislation. People can fund the solutions they find most valuable, and there are always opportunities to create and get funding for new and better solutions.

    • saubeidl 20 hours ago

      I agree with that, for the most part. But we still need some sort of technical measure to keep the bots out and verify real humans, otherwise any system we build will just end up getting flooded and useless.

      Have you seen Reddit lately?

      • v5v3 20 hours ago

        >Have you seen Reddit lately?

        I haven't.

        Link to examples?

  • austin-cheney 6 hours ago

    The problem is democratizing the one to many nature of broadcasts whereby competition drowns in noise. It is natural for people to want to lower expenses and maximize transaction quantity to generate revenue at everyone else's expense. The only solution for you, the person, is to not consume it yourself. Let the rest of the pigs have their slop.

    The way to back off from that chaos is to ensure you are consuming content from people you trust, like neighbors and family. Another option is to self-host media.

    • saubeidl 4 hours ago

      But I like communicating with people from all over the world, including ones I don't personally know. I just don't want AI slop to drown it out.