Tumblr is counting. Apparently.
I am pretty sure that around 0.01% of those actually originated on Tumblr.
Suddenly my ‘Marked’ Drafts action isn’t working. No time to sort. Deleted.
🔗 I Hate Fish ~ Rands in Repose
I read this - and my mind drifted back to an old ‘Martini Shot’ podcast where Rob was talking about the exact same thing - though with a great deal more humour.
🔗 Anthropic Just Sent Shockwaves Through the Entire Stock Market by Releasing a New AI Tool
Engagement platforms amplify whatever thinking you’ve put into them. If the thinking is clear and explicit, they amplify coherence. If it’s fuzzy and fragmented, they amplify fragmentation - but at scale. Everyone having AI tools doesn’t create coherence. It accelerates fragmentation.
Be careful out there. It’s not easy.
🔗 Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files
.. can’t deny its down - but then isn’t everywhere right now?
.. and plummeting?
Call that a plummet?
… in case you were thinking that everything is ok.
Once more everybody is jumping up and down over ads. Once more to remind that ads do make (a few aspects of) the world go round.
But
If I am paying you to use your product … I do not want you to put ads in that product.
The ad isn’t the real problem .. it’s the tracking. My ‘ad blocker’ doesn’t block ads .. it blocks the ability for the advertiser to track me. Why do we still not understand this?
If I want you to provide your service without tracking and/or ads … then you should … of course … recognising that to do that costs money … so I would expect to pay a fee for that. But nobody really offers that.
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🚧 I might comeback to this in the future.
🔗 Engagement Platforms as Coherence Infrastructure
A slight restructure of this post - and so a reissue.
Today’s Surprise From History - 🖇️ Road Trip
.. and it was a good - if short one - across the high desert - North of Palm Desert - other side of Joshua Tree - and beyond.