The Anti-AI Propaganda of the Day: Claims About AI Efficacy Are Unfalsifiable (Non-Disprovable)
I saw this on Mastodon and almost had a stroke. @davidgerard wrote: “Most of the AI coding claims are conveniently nondisprovable. What studies there are show it not helping coding at all, or making it worse But SO MANY LOUD ANECDOTES! Trust me my friend, I am the most efficient coder in the land now. […]
Users Are Too Dependent on Centralized Techno-Fascist Corporate Structure to Ever Leave Discord
I’m watching people scatter into countless real-time chat alternatives to Discord after Discord started pulling the age-verification and age-gating card. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/09/discord-to-roll-out-age-verification-next-month-for-full-access-to-its-platform/ It’s very frustrating because people are entirely missing the point of a community and how social networks work. Real-time platforms and social media networks only work well when a large number of people share […]
I am Not Migrating Back To IRC
So, with this whole Discord surveillance age verification situation, I am seeing lots of talk on every social media platform, including Discord ironically, about moving back to IRC. I am not going back to IRC. Though, I do not really have a valid interest in it, because I use Discord just to monitor occult cults […]
People on Social Media Cannot Be Bothered to Look Up the Facts of The Tech Discourse They Are Engaging With
So, I had an experience with an influencer account on the fediverse: @FediTips People believe they are being informed when they are being influenced. That account is litterally publishing what are technically definitionally manifestos. That emphasized why I don’t argue online. There is an interesting property about facts: factual ontological propositions about something will converge. […]
Stepping Back From Social Media To Read a Book
I’m taking a break. After spending like two years in the worst parts of the Internet modeling the memetic spread of conspiracy-driven behavioral patterns and developing social media software as a side hustle, I think I’m going to take a step back and… I don’t know… maybe read a book? lol. I’m a Computational Biologist […]
Your BlueSky Feed Is Porn You Didn’t Ask For Because Your Friends Are Gooners With a Severe Porn Addiction
A common complaint I see people make on Bluesky is: why am I being served so much porn or things I am not interested in? They will incorrectly believe that the algorithm is broken. It’s not broken. You didn’t know the people you knew as well as you thought you did. Porn addiction is a […]
Astroturfing Is Pretty Pointless When Social Subgraphs Are Fragmented (e.g., the Fediverse)
I am seeing astroturfing in the fediverse again, by AT Protocol developers implicitly trying to shill their products. I think it is stochastic behavior by developers with too much time on their hands. Honestly, I do not care. I like the people on ActivityPub more, but I like the AT Protocol better, and I have […]