Oy, where is my 
?
The idea of our community becoming a model for an AI is a little scary.
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Iām a member of a few Discord communities, mostly related to Twitch streamers. The platform has its uses; itās really good for watching movies together, but if youāre in multiple communities the volume of messages gets dizzying fast. Voice chatās interesting too, but I havenāt figured out how to make that work on my tablet yet.
Itās a nice place, but I like the Discourse platform better.
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I used to watch movies with my friend in Seattle. It was great for one-to-one voice chats, too. Otherwise, no, thank you.
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This showed up in my RSS feed today, and hit the nail on the head:
Specifically:
The term āenshittificationā was coined in 2023 by Cory Doctorow to describe the ways in which digital platforms that had once been invaluable to us slowly became worse and worse. The American Dialect Society chose enshittification as its word of the year in the year of its invention. As Doctorow put it: āHere is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.ā
Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die.
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Oh the irony. 
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Makes me glad I asked to anonymize. Even if I cannot delete everything
Iām glad Slate is giving Cory credit! But I believe he coined the term several years before 2023
Edit: damned autoincorrect and distracting cat
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After popping over at bb and sniffing around a bit, it seems that Elsewhere is now far, FAR more active. Very nice!!
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Iāve always assumed, without proof, that he was a nom de plume for Markās more whimsical side.
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Exactly, me too. I thought the same of EllsworthToohey, whatever side that would be. A trollish one, I suppose.
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Sekhmet just commented over there that they donāt know if anonymization will be possible after the BBS is locked. Hopefully thatās clarified before the option expires.
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I messaged Orenwolf on Monday and asked to be anonymized prior to the shutdown. He replied he will get it done.
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This very conversation prompted me to do the same. Thanks!
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I talked to him too, and he reminded me that once my account is anonymized, there is no way to un-anonymize it. Iām not sure I give a fuck at this point, though. Iād rather that instead of having an account floating around in the hopes that this will one day be re-openedā¦
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I think Iām asking tomorrow.
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Yeah. I told him I understood and would like to have it done. The very remote possiblity BB rises again isnāt worth having all that stuff out there when I cannot edit or change it.
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Iām thinking of doing the same. Itās a tough decision though.
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Indeedā¦ good call!
Yeah, thatās what I was thinking tooā¦
Not just me, thenā¦ Iām sort of agonizing over itā¦
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I donāt want to do it.
I just think itās the right idea.
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this is one where i would throw down the āthinkingā rraction emoji, given the expanded reaction menu.
i never put that together for the popkin contributor, but i do ahree that the toohey puppet was mark playing at AI content.
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Exactly.
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