Anika Gupta

Indie gamer, scifi nerd, product leader, fashion lover. Ex journo, ex product at @TheAtlantic, @natgeo, @mit_cmsw. Author of "How to Handle a Crowd". she/her

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

"...a fascinating peek into a largely overlooked part of the online world," writes @writingonmusic in her lovely, thoughtful review of my upcoming book, "How to Handle A Crowd" https://t.co/0dtcIdFkjL. I can't believe it'll be out in a month!

[writingonmusic 💙 🇨🇦 @writingonmusic]

My latest for @PopMatters : the fascinating new book by @DigitalAnika on the role of moderators in online communities https://t.co/kR5S7uN3nc

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

This is an excellent thread on how tariffs will impact fashion for both consumers and small producers.

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

This is a very misinformed view of clothing manufacturing.

Tariffs can drive up prices, shrink variety, and lower quality. Let me show you how. 🧵

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

A cool demo by our founder @edwardbenson showing how folks using @HubSpot can automate influencer marketing with @everpilotapp. Enter your brand info and get strategic suggestions and influencer recos!

[Ted Benson @edwardbenson]

Did a bit of playing with @AgentDotAi over the holidays.

Built an agent that spins up a creator marketing campaign based on what you sell.

The programming model was very constrained, but it felt like I was seeing an early version of a new kind of app store that will live in everyone's systems of record.

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Thanks so much, @Brizzyc! It was always a pleasure speaking to your classes and I'm so glad you found value in it!!! ❤️

[Carrie Brown @Brizzyc]

If your work involves working with or moderating online communities, I think this book by @DigitalAnika is quite useful and interesting. Lots of insight into the hard work of moderation and value of communities of all types and platforms https://t.co/lq3kuAw0CU

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Hey friends! If you're a media entrepreneur wrestling with big social problems and how to leverage AI tools in a positive way for society, then my friend Phil over at @newmediaventure is looking to fund you (feel free to DM): https://t.co/65Zu1vq14Z

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

This was crazy fun. Thank you @GamerGrrl for turning AI Adventure into the wild, bizarre, hilarious party game it clearly was (partly) meant to be :D

[Ted Benson @edwardbenson]

Live first playthrough by a game design professor -- so cool

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

TIL: "In 1904, a designer named Lizzie Magie patented the Landlord’s Game—“a practical demonstration of the present system of land-grabbing with all its usual outcomes and consequences”—which was later adapted, without credit for Magie, into Monopoly."
https://t.co/gKconmdlB3

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

My newest attempt at creating an AI Adventure game is a salty take on dating reality shows 🤣 Highlight: GPT4 decided the narrator should have a voice somewhere between Lady Whistledown and "terrible pun dictionary."

Give it a try here: https://t.co/2g1bEmkxYi

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

SOOOOO excited for this! Major fan of @GamerGrrl (games narrative nerds, unite!) and excited to have worked on it. Come hang on Thurs! Discuss!

[Steamship @GetSteamship]

🗓️Mark your calendars! The amazing @GamerGrrl is going to be creating and playing a holiday adventure - powered by AI Adventure - this THURSDAY at 7MT/9ET pm! So excited to work with her and also...to see how this crazy story turns out😂

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Excited for this!

[Steamship @GetSteamship]

Want to nerd out with us about branching narrative and how AI can enrich games, all while testing a bunch of cool indie games? We'll be playtesting AI Adventure with the awesome @BreakMyGameG folks, this Sun at 4 pm at @Game_Kastle_CP! Come by!

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

This is fantastic! Both of these features grew directly out of user feedback and insights -- play AI Adventure, and drop your feedback in the Discord for the team! https://t.co/KihAuetIpB

[Steamship @GetSteamship]

Two mini-launches for AI Adventure

* Share snippets from the adventures that you play
* Play the first quest of adventures without login

Coming very soon:

- Tweaks from the feedback about the interplay between open-ended worlds & having firm stakes that matter

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

It isn't binary at all - content moderation involves a series of complex and nuanced decisions, which can vary enormously depending on who's requesting the moderation - something @HacoSasha and I talk about a lot

[Ted Benson @edwardbenson]

This is the first thing that has me looking at Google’s LLMs with interest.

Content moderation is a HUGE challenge that isn’t binary at all.

This kind of nuance in settings will lengthen the reign of BigCo LLMs a bit in the face of DIY LLMs becoming production viable.

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Playing a new community-created adventure through @GetSteamship. It's all abt getting into a hot techno club -- and I have to say I appreciate the attention to fashion 💅:

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Looking for a wonderful way to pass time AND enjoy one of literature's greatest hits? Try "To Wit and to Woo", which is my attempt at using @GetSteamship to create a narrative adventure game version of Jane Austen's novels :D
https://t.co/lQn2hqeGQd

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Thanks for the fun, story creator! Play "Swipe Right" here: https://t.co/U07ai0h4d3

Maybe you, too, will face dancing squirrels and endless emoji in the quest for true love...or honestly, maybe not! Every story is different :D :D

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Whoever turned online dating into a narrative adventure game ("Swipe Right"), I salute you

[Steamship @GetSteamship]

We ❤️ seeing the stories people are creating.

Here are a few that got published to the public directory today.

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

And just like that....I won! An...acorn whistle? A magical squirrel whistle? I'll take it, honestly. If only Tinder were so whimsical

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

Oh, sh*. Malicious squirrels have entered the chat.

So at this point the game is suggesting some options for what I can do next, and one option is "challenge the squirrels to a dance-off." I mean...I gotta do that one, right?

[Anika Gupta @DigitalAnika]

First challenge: a glitch in the dating app has turned all my messages into emoji. Hmm 🤔

I think I'm going to have to go with it and just...respond entirely in emoji. I mean, makes sense.