307 / The illusion of online activism
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307 / The illusion of online activism
i think this post really drives home the link between AI, dead internet, and modern fascism. A painfully obviously AI generated image used to characterize a group in a certain light, flooded with bot comments. It's bots hating on fake people as a stand-in for a marginalized group
Fear Before The Marge of Simpsonx.comThe internet has dramatically changed our ability to know things, but our ability to change things has remained the same, or possibly diminished as a) most of our free-time is now spread out in unsatisfying micro doses of scrolling throughout the day b) seeming has become more important than doing.
On the Internet, clapping for essential workers is
... See morethe last one?” 3. TARGETED? (Is my email being sent to the right number of recipients through the best channel?)