@knowprose

#BloggindAndTheFediverse"

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...not an option.
Despite using #Fedilab for threads myself, it is a tedious process.
(Un)traceability is a big issue for me, so no paid account will ever really cut it for me (follow the money...)

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@anjara

@HistoPol I suppose it's a style issue.

If it's over 500 for me, it takes real estate from me and makes me have to scroll scroll scroll past it so I generally mute users that post like that.

I'm not saying it's right or wrong.
It's just what I do.

It's rare for me to find something THAT interesting in a feed. Very rare.

For me, the Fediverse is a way to find things, not to read things. But I am only one.

Here's an example of how I post my content:

mastodon.social/@knowprose/116…

Taran Rampersad (@knowprose@mastodon.social)

Attached: 1 image Negotiation between using and being used. Computing and being computed. https://knowprose.com/2026/04/a-shift-is-happening-to-compute-or-be-computed/ #AI #datacenter #hardware #economy #digitalsovereignty

^{Taran Rampersad (Mastodon)}

@knowprose

Interesting. Yes, SMS, messengers and SM have all contributed to a reduction in attention span, granted.

But you know, I'm often amazed how many people Favorite the 3rd or the 5th (e.g.) post in a thread, but not earlier or later ones.
Everyone has different attention triggers, I'd say...

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BTW: I did like the article (though not the unrelated AI image.--it portrays harmony, not a division ;))

@HistoPol well, I suppose when you see a beach you don't see the boundaries interacting. Shifting. Constant churning. A sunset displays that more.

Shifting.

So you say unrelated. I disagree.

And...

As far as favorites and all of that... that's not why I write. My reward is externalities my thought.

Some people get it, some people don't.

*shrugs*

I don't force the issue.

Good luck.

@knowprose

Well, I can follow your point, but I see a different image within my "inner eye", somewhat more like this one...

...but then, a picture is but a picture, the content is, what really matters.

@HistoPol well, if you're using generative ai for images like that, you're definitely looking at an audience that likes that sort of stuff.

And I can say pretty confidently that in my circles, that's more offensive than long posts for a variety of reasons.

I believe we're done? Because it's clear we don't see eye to eye, and I don't need to win or lose.

You do you. I'll do me.

@knowprose

I can see your audience's issues with AI generated content. I was not suggesting that you do so.
As I am not artist, I need to use that kind of thing if I need to explain something "graphically." I have hardly ever used it for posts myself. However, a post with some kind of image has several times the reach than the same one without one. I like (political) cartoons, as they get the point across rather well. Anyway,
thanks for remind me of PKD's famous "speech," BTW.