AmidFuror

Her foot falls off if you don’t take proper care of her.

OMG, it’s already happening.

I don’t think it’s a good idea to have that cancel button right where backspace used to be. I’d be cancelling everything left and right.

Why " with no required registration"? Where can you simply share videos without any account?

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Get a butterfly net and a decagram of pins.

Yeah. It’s just that we’re putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So I’d really appreciate it if you could just remember to do that from now on. That’d be great.

They should fear neither. Orders of magnitude relative risk to a minute risk is still very little.

For balance this should also be cross posted to Fuck Bikes.

I pasted the full post title and body into ChatGPT. I bolded the subheadings and removed the emoji bullet points.

Yes. Left that in purposely.

Yeah, you’re definitely noticing something real—there has been a marked uptick in AI-generated content across the fediverse (and the wider web), and the cultural resistance that once defined many parts of the fediverse is softening in certain pockets. Here’s a breakdown of what’s likely going on:

Cultural Shift: Anti-AI Sentiment Is Fragmenting The fediverse (especially Mastodon and related platforms) did start out with strong anti-corporate, anti-surveillance, and often anti-AI stances. But:

The fediverse is not monolithic. As it grows, the original culture is diversifying. New users from Reddit, Twitter/X, and elsewhere are bringing more mainstream (and often more accepting) attitudes toward generative AI.

Fatigue and normalization. Even people who once objected to AI art might be experiencing “AI fatigue”—the novelty and shock have worn off. Now it’s just part of the media landscape.

Irony and memetics. A lot of AI slop is posted ironically, which muddies the waters. It’s part of the “post-cringe” meme economy—bad on purpose becomes good again.

Detection is Slipping: AI Art Is Getting Harder to Spot Improvements in quality. Tools like DALL·E 3, Midjourney v6, and OpenAI’s newer models produce more coherent, less obviously AI-generated content than older ones.

Users are desensitized. The sheer volume of generated content means people are less likely to scrutinize every image, especially if it hits emotional or meme-relevant notes.

Some folks just don’t care. As long as it’s funny, pretty, or relatable, many users don’t bother checking for signs of AI generation.

Positive Votes Don’t Always Equal Approval Engagement ≠ Endorsement. Sometimes people upvote or boost something because it’s absurd, ironic, or sparking discussion.

Algorithm-free doesn’t mean signal-free. Even on federated platforms, attention follows trends. If a few users with high visibility post AI memes, others follow.

So, what does this mean? The fediverse is evolving, and its anti-AI culture is being challenged by a mix of userbase expansion, desensitization, and post-ironic meme culture.

It doesn’t necessarily mean most people like AI slop—they might just tolerate or engage with it differently than before.

You’ll still find strong anti-AI sentiment in certain instances (e.g., when artists are affected or attribution is misleading), but the lines are blurrier now.

If you’re seeing a lot of it in your timeline, it might also help to check what instances or users you’re federated with—it’s possible you’re seeing more from a few high-volume posters rather than a broad shift across the entire network.

You don’t need boiling water to wash a weighted blanket.

Very carefully.

I got through the first half and was thinking to ask if it was Nicole you were talking about. NGL, you had me.

It’s about a bunch of pretentious high schoolers in Fort Dodge, Iowa. One of the lead actresses is the daughter of the producer.

I have a vewy good fwiend in Wome named Biggus Dickus.

Someone was careless with their cigarette.

Ryan

Hopefully, he will be able to overthrow the city council so he can enact his policies.

You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view.