Imagine if Lemmy was run by a billion-dollar corporation and injected full of AI, bots, and ads.

The funny thing is that when I go to lemmy.com, the first thing I see is a box with a button that I can click to sign up:

How much easier could it be?

I thought it was more like “We’re a tech company. Other tech companies have become evil. Let’s not do that.”

While it was a nice sentiment, there was no formal plan to not become evil, so of course it happened.

So, neglecting the environment, that thing that we need to stay alive…that could backfire? Ya don’t say.

It’s like saving a lossy file over and over again. It degrades each time.

Almost all these books were either headed to the dump or the recycling center. They’re just being digitized on the way.

Where does it say that in this article?

If the AI companies were simply picking up books that were already going to a landfill, I don’t think that would bother anybody. That isn’t what we’re talking about here, though. These books are coming from booksellers, so it’s fair to guess that most of them are at least a notch or two above what you’d find in a Goodwill bargain bin.

…Because they could just blame it on the software.

My favorite part of this:

…Collins said that “part of the reason we did bought InfoWars is because people on Bluesky told us it would be funny to buy InfoWars” adding that “those people were right” this “is the funniest thing that has ever happened”.