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checked out

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@_smx3_ mUh dATa!

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my X premium stopped by itself...

honestly might be one of the best things to happen to me

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@SQU1NCH your scenario is more likely, but it's possible corpos could figure out how valuable mindshare is

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@SQU1NCH sorry if the tweet was too long

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do people care about quality?

recent AI buzz has generated a lot of low quality, objectively bad looking content, and I don't see much detraction..

quality requires refinement, and attention to the smallest detail, something that AI is not efficient at... yet... It may get there, but it seems a lot of people don't mind where it's at right now.

but even outside of AI, it seems like maybe quality is less relevant to people in general.

the highest grossing game, Minecraft, was poorly optimized, programmed in Java, and for the time, had abrasive graphics. but the gameplay and multiplayer causes this game to explode.

short form videos are often lower in quality, but they serve a purpose.

temu

mobile gaming went from angry birds to extractive gatcha games, and low quality one off games. (obviously a financial reason for that, but people don't care to play the higher quality games enough to make them economically viable)

I think as time goes on, we settle for less. if something works 90% as good as the last thing, it can become accepted. this process can repeat indefinitely, until you find the point at which the product is as low quality (cheap to make) and still accepted and purchased as possible.

personally I prefer to consume higher quality content than I think most people do. If I hear an AI gen voice, I swipe away immediately.

I'm not saying wether this is a good or bad trend. It depends on what you think is valuable. If you think global human enjoyment is most important, and the global population is generally enjoying newer, lower quality products, then maybe you are just the outsider. though I believe there are many local maxima that are easy to go towards than the global maxima here.

obviously, there are products that defy my perception of the trend, but I still believe the trend will continue to gravitate to lower quality.

it's up to high quality enjoyers to create products that can stand out, and inspire people to desire higher quality products in the future in order to change this trend. but I believe we are very stuck in our local maxima. it will take a large shakeup to cause change. but perhaps change isn't needed, rather, acceptance.

[a16z @a16z]

OK, we did it, too.

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The reason there is soooo much slop on this platform and many others, is because people actually, unironically, press like in it, or give it view time. (though I think children are a major factor here)

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@eugeniolabadie

[Tenobrus (→vibecamp) @tenobrus]

is there a specific post u have never once thought about again

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@BigCubanIsland @Mr_Rebs_ unfortunately, bungie fell way off too...

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I want the choice to decide what specific niche I want to look at. my "for you" feed will often turn into a single topic with little variety.

I want the "for you" to remain, but I also want to be able to look into other topics to see what is going on. If I could have a crypto, nft, politics, traditional market, art, memes, programming, and industrial automation as separate feeds I could tune into for latest news and entertainment, I would be much more satisfied. I want more control over the topics I am exposed to.

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40 years in development

[Edward Snowden @Snowden]

When a crooked politician calls me traitor, ask yourself: who did I betray? The courts have ruled repeatedly that the programs I revealed were unlawful, and likely unconstitutional—a violation of your rights.

If this is treason, what they call loyalty is a crime.

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pseudo-meaningful

strong ethics are boasted about and used mostly out of self-interest, because they know the broader community cares about it. sometimes the leader isn't even aware they are doing this at all.

of course, when dealing with a community that doesn't care about ethics as much, the leaders get to be more brazen. typically these types will pretend to be ethical to the media (and sometimes their users) in order to prevent legal issues. and again, sometimes the leader isn't even aware that they do this, hidden in layers of cope and flawed reasoning.

truly ethical founders face a big hurdle compared to the competition, and really only succeed when the product is top notch, or when trust is a major concern.

the ethics surrounding the concept of buying low and selling high are inherently complicated imo. if you win at trading, someone else is losing. possibly taking advantage of someone else's lack of understanding/knowledge.

Is this ethical? it's difficult to say. but one thing is clear to me, everyone draws a different chaotic line when it comes to ethics.

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@8270eth @BTC_Schmitcoin @coinbase it's a real mystery 🤣

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@LordSmolov @DiscussingFilm and the game sucks to play lol

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@StoryProtocol @luna_virtuals https://t.co/MHshrZcmUt

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@Lightfield19 yeah that was my favorite part of the trip tbh

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@SQU1NCH Thanks squinch, you are def a real one. appreciated our time at TIFF :)

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@austin_hurwitz appreciate you Austin 🙏

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@WarWren_ Thanks warren,

I guess at a base level, making other people happy is something I think is good. having the motivation to go out of my way to do it is difficult for me though.