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it doesn’t actually matter what’s inside the “content” itself. Just as my “follower count” contains a mix of real people and bot accounts, so too can “content” contain a mix of human- and AI-generated videos:
Logically, slop is completely okay—if you accept that videos are the “content” instead of actual ideas meant to connect humans to other humans... See more
Logically, slop is completely okay—if you accept that videos are the “content” instead of actual ideas meant to connect humans to other humans... See more
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This difference is what the media theorist James Carey calls the ritual view versus transmission view of communication. In the ritual view, communication is an act of sharing or fellowship between people. This is reflected in how the word “communication” itself shares a root with “community” and “commonality”: the original reason for why we would t... See more
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so scary that we have literally convoluted the idea of community and relationship these days. now when someone follows me is it because they want a follow back? because they saw a reel of mine a bit ago and think they want me to influence them? do they want to be my friend? it feels like its never that last one. or I will maybe never know because that’s not what rlly happens. its transactional now. its brand deals and likes and followers and views. what will come of this?