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The #fediverse is dramatically changing the way I view social media. For-profit platforms trained me (and others, I'm sure) to value aligning with the almighty algorithm over authenticity. This place feels like a natural evolution of the original idea - long before #socialmedia went so wrong.

ChatGPT Users Are Developing Bizarre Delusions

"The messages were insane and just saying a bunch of spiritual jargon."

Friends and family are watching in alarm as users insist they've been chosen to fulfill sacred missions on behalf of sentient AI or nonexistent cosmic powerse — chatbot behavior that's just mirroring and worsening existing mental health issues, but at incredible scale and without the scrutiny of regulators or experts.

#tech #technology #surveillance #surveillanceTech #SocialMedia #AI

futurism.com/chatgpt-users-del

Futurism · Experts Alarmed as ChatGPT Users Developing Bizarre DelusionsBy Victor Tangermann

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University of Bristol: Social media platform tailoring could support more fulfilling use, study finds . “The study, presented today at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems in Yokohama, Japan, suggests that the key to a having a positive experience online is finding the right level of personal investment – neither too much nor too little. Conducted by researchers examining […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/university-of-bristol-social-media-platform-tailoring-could-support-more-fulfilling-use-study-finds/

Bluesky is a for-profit company backed by investments, yet they've claimed there won't be ads and that any future subscription won't offer advantages over free users. So how exactly do they plan to make money? Seems like a pretty lousy investment, if you ask me. I wouldn't invest my money on something I know won't produce any return.