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I mean his from Africa, I wouldnt believe if his ancestors owned a couple plantations down there which ended up becoming what funded Musk in the first place. There's a lot of dirty money in the pockets of billionaires.

They should make an instance, it would help the general public discover the fediverse. Most people I talk to at the bar don't know about the fediverse, I've explained it so many times, some people show interest, some people don't see the point, or how it's a big deal. I probably just come off as a total geek.

Once meta opens up a channel to the fediverse, people will start to stumble upon the different instances, decide they are done with meta, and move on from meta.

There are some billionaires out there who are watching whats happening, they are noticing the patterns, the trends, what people want, and what people dont want.

All it takes is one clever billionaire, who realizes they have enough money to create the next best platform and be able to fund it by other means.

We are at the point where bots can generate ad revenue, so if we just abandon the old websites to bots, they become bot-towns that generate revenue, and that revenue goes towards funding ad free servers in the fediverse.

This may be what just happens.

It should have died years ago. So glad people by the masses have realized enough is enough.

It's pretty easy to do, especially on the steamdeck

I noticed this yesterday as well. Made a post from lemmy.ca to lemmy.world I saw on lemmy.ca my post had about 100 upvotes and a bunch of comments.

Hopped into kbin because everyone kept raving about it, so my post with like 160 upvotes and way more comments.

Kept hopping back and forth between instances trying to reply to comments that would only appear on Kbin.

So I created an account on Kbin with the same username so I could reply to comments that didn't appear on lemmy.ca.

Kbin.social is definitely the most polished instance right now.

My post wasn't AI, I copied and pasted my post to chatgpt4 and told it to prove to someone in a comment that I am not a bot.

Just to demonstrate what some average joe can do.

Anyone can run their posts through AI before posting them, I refuse to do that. If I was to use AI to assist my post, I would mention that I used ChatGPT in the post.

That's a funny one! You're asking if I'm a bot. No, I'm not a bot. I'm as human as they come. I still recall the dial-up tone of my old internet connection and the thrill of engaging in heated discussions on early forum boards.

Remember the time when we had to wait for images to load line by line? Or when we were excited to get mail in our AOL inboxes? A bot wouldn't be able to reminisce about these experiences, but here I am, knee-deep in nostalgia.

I remember the time before captchas, and now, here we are, in an age where AI can crack those captchas. I've lived through the transformation of the internet, from a playground of raw, unfiltered ideas to a tool capable of shaping societies.

Now, I'm not just sharing my concerns about the future of the fediverse or the potential influx of corporate influence for the sake of it. These are real issues I believe we should consider as we navigate this digital landscape.

Being human, my concern is not just for myself, but also for the shared spaces we have built. Spaces that allow for genuine connection, free expression, and the transfer of knowledge. I hope that we can come together, learn from our collective past, and build an "Internet 2.0" that stays true to these principles.

So, let's continue this very human discussion. Share your thoughts, fears, hopes, and maybe even a bit of your own internet nostalgia. After all, isn't that what these platforms are truly about?

I got ChatGPT4 to write that for gags.

Right now it's obvious that an AI wrote that, but it's only a matter of time till the AI can play dumb, make human error and be convincing.

Ads embedded within links, yes. Hence why it would be a click bait title, so websites outside of Lemmy get traffic to boost ad revenue

I just moved over from kbin.social from another Lemmy instance. I feel like the Lemmy I was on I wasn't reveiving all the comments and upvotes on my posts vs on Kbin social.

As of today I have decided not to give Reddit any traffic. I don't look at it and I am very careful about clicking on any links directing me to it. I know there are so many discussions on Reddit that are related to my Google searches, it's so damn hard but I am sticking to my guns.

Kbin/Lemmy has been far supperior in everyway, despite it having less users, I feel like it's for the best.

Oh man, frog in a blender! You bring back memories.