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@manton > Economists have a word for assets that can be swapped one-for-one without loss of value: fungible. A dollar is fungible. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude is fungible.
… so is ‘content’ … in the platform’s eyes. They don’t care if it is a Joan Westerberg article or AI slop … they just need people to stick around and read, watch, share it … end of.
It’s all fungible content for there silo … like a grain of wheat in a silo .. who cares if farmer Giles’ has a problem … get new grain from the farmer next door.
@bullfinch yes - although I was more wondering what depth of conversation 50,000 toddlers (what ‘1’ to ‘3’?) were having,
@manton Not tried it .. yet … but looks to be a vast improvement …. My big use case will be particularly in the edit mode … since most of my initial posts start and publish from Drafts
@manton Not tried it .. yet … but looks to be a vast improvement …. My big use case will be particularly in the edit mode … since most of my initial posts start and publish from Drafts
@eurobubba well .. not natively at least … so in some ways a symbolic representation of the people of Texas?
@amerpie > I’m probably not smart enough to truly appreciate classical music
Say what now?
If anyone needs to be smart to enjoy any kind of music .. then it is the fault of the music.
Why do we not need to be smart to enjoy jazz? Progressive rock? Drum and bass? Blues? Power pop?
Sometimes you can read writers like Joe Boyd or Ted Gioia and suddenly understand so much more about the music you listen to .. but that is additive .. not table stakes.
We need to leave behind these ideas of ‘high’ art .. concepts with little meaning other than making that community feel better about themselves.
Oh .. and I read your stuff .. you are plenty smart.
@manton i am running with a live example right now - a published post that I am tweaking. I even add in ‘odd’ words at the beginning so i can quickly tell if the change has kicked in or not.
According to Mars Edit.
Initial Post: 2:31pm
I have made a few edits since then and my last one - again according to Mars Edit - 4:24pm
As I type this reply it is 5:12pm - and the changes haven’t kicked in.
@jayeless I want a filter that blocks repetition. Over in my apple folder I have a lot of apple feeds and I have them because back in the day they all had different angles - now it’s all banal and repetitive with occasional nuggets. New product - tell me once - suppress all else
Strikes me politics is same issue.
@bobwertz maybe he’s heard of 🔗📼 Disturbed?
And 🔗 my take - of its meaning - the song and what it means to the world today.
@WiredDifferently good news - imagine if the photo book provider was called Oasis!
Love Blur.