The goal was always that the user would be the product. It was less clear at the beginning, because the advertising was far less intrusive (if you even saw an ad at all, in the early days), and the service was "free" at a time when the internet was comparatively young. So it gained a lot of popularity from novelty and being an actually useful communication tool.

But the communication tool portion was always a side effect of data collection. Any "free" service is ultimately just getting value from you in different ways. In the case of Facebook, once it had amalgamated enough data, the flood gates opened and the enshittification was extremely rapid. It will never go back to the way it was for many reasons, not the least of which being: it was designed to be the cesspool it is now.

Ultimately, all these seemingly random posts are an attempt to get you to continue to interact with the platform. If you read through comments on such posts, they do tend to drive engagement, even if it is just a user going "why is this in my feed?"

It's meant for whom, exactly?

Elon has fucked around so much at this point, he should eventually be enduring a never-ending streak of find outs.

Fucking metal

Totally agree. I did not make the claim that copyright law will be affected.

I dont disagree with that about copyright law. But to think that AI is going to break you out of it is a pipe dream.

Copyright revision will not happen from people stealing content. It requires deep discussion and governments that actually listen. AI stealing content will ultimately enhance copyright rules down the road.

This is the main issue with AI. It is the issue with AI that should have been handled and ultimately regulated before any AI tool got to its current state. This is also a reason why we really cannot remove the A from STEAM.

I dont hate it. But Crises happening automagically does feel against the typical nature of Civ, where I typically prefer more random events.

It's more board game feeling.

Needs to be 32 hours. Just shoving the same 40 hours into 4 days is not actually an improvement.

Are 4 10s better? It depends on who you ask. On the dark side, one could argue that it does more to normalize a 10-hour day than to "shorten" the work week.

You won't see the same kinds of varied responses if it were a 32-hour week with no pay reduction, though.

Same, mine passed the test. But used only locally.

As a leftist, I find the usage of "Genocide Joe" completely warranted.

Also, that angle in the thumbnail may be the worst possible.

Why does

The Steve Jobs Theater at Apple Park

look like it is copy / pasted by someone who couldn't be bothered to match the font?