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@rlcw

I adore this and I kind of love how it's worn away too. But that worn look might not go with the rest of what you have going on.

@adardis

It could also be about recommending brands, or to generate traffic to make other more synthetic content seem more legitimate.

So much of the internet feels like a potemkin village...

@SnowyCA

I have been a living info-dump of all of this in her life for years. She agrees then says "well I don't use social media"

But then later she says something about something she saw on facebook.

She is convinced that all of this is happening but doesn't see how it could impact her, or how it might be one of the reasons she doesn't find social media more useful and enjoyable.

@philleu

The way I see it a bot still represents what *someone* thinks, just communicated in a more desperate and less honest manner. A bot is a person speaking with money or intent to manipulate.

Bots are an extension of human expression in this way.

@louisa_ @llewelly

colour: hand mixed and slightly nonuniform, way a person's face can change when nervous dappled, or subtly shifting

color: uniform in hue, saturation and brightness. You can assign a hex code to a color.

@sysfrank

Who among us has not "been a ghost video" from time to time?

Bots and manipulative content have become to pervasive that even casual users have started to notice.

I guess I can understand why, if you didn't use social media much, "OH NO! They are posting *fake* comments." wouldn't seem like a serious problem. After all, what kind of weak-minded person cares about the comments of random strangers like that?

"I don't use social media so there is no problem. If you think there is one you should stop like me."

I encounter this often.

If there is something manipulative on social media only a "social media user" is at risk right?

I think the opposite is true. People who "try to avoid it" and who don't post or comment much are at a greater risk of not knowing when they are encountering bots, for example.

My mom almost never posts anything on any of her social media accounts. **But she still reads them.**

She has dismissed my concerns because (unlike me) she "doesn't really do all of that."

I worry "Dead Internet Theory" gives people permission to just dismiss anything that bothers them as "bots" --

Real interactions are valuable even to people who claim they "never read the comments" and who say "I don't use social media"

But the slop has gotten so bad and become so ubiquitous that more people are starting to notice. Both my mom and friend mentioned this topic to me WITHOUT my prompting.

I had given up on getting either of them to care. But it's getting bad out there.

I have mixed feelings about "Dead Internet Theory"

Your friends and family on facebook and X are immersed in bot content and only some of it is obvious.

If not bots? Then it is false actors who have rapidly adopted LLMs to make plausible posts as political and influencer personas. (See the recent exposure of 'All American' right-wing accounts on X. These accounts fooled millions.)

I worry "Dead Internet Theory" makes many people just give up. eg. "It's all bots"

"I might need to get away from AI. I watched a ghost video. Decided to look at the comments to see what people thought. They were all agreeing it was a real ghost. But, I couldn't tell if any of the comments were real."

-Friend who doesn't get why I don't like AI.

Why do we "look at the comments" on a video, news story or post? I think it's to compare our own impression against "other people" to see if our opinion is "normal" -- With so much generated content this feature is broken.

@sknob

Ok, Shakespeare.

(every time I see white walls with beams like this that's all I can think of.)

Is that natural to the building or did you add it?

Oh come on.

Is there really a "z" in the word "cozy"? it looks incorrect to me. "cosy?" They feel like two different words.

cosy: safe warm, snug-fitting, the comforts of home, traditional, muted and soft

cozy: informal, calm, yet playful, whimsical and nonthreatening.

(Normally, spellcheck will at least recognise both spellings. Not with cozy.)

Let's make all UK/US spelling splits into separate ever so slightly different words.

@kritischelezer

Hmmm I wonder if white walls would mitigate that? But I do think black makes spaces more "cozy" or "dungeon like"

Now chartreuse... it would "match" with some of the other things we have going on. And I think it would look great around the tall skylight hole in the kitchen.

Good observation.

@foaylward

... and not even good at being one either.

@bubblewrap

Did it make the room feel smaller or larger?

Did you use a matte or semigloss? How do you like it after some years.

We do not kill spiders in this house so it's good to know they liked it.

@jhavok

Our ceiling is fairly high ... so I don't worry about making it feel bigger. The black worries me because black paint can look messy if not done just right.

@fritzoids

I don't think I have the skill to paint anything complex that is that large.

Maybe get one of those wallpapers of space from the 90s? We had a wall in our house that was the earth from the surface of the moon (my dad thought it was hilarious) I loved that wall.

Problem: wallpaper can be a little shiny, not ideal for a ceiling. I think ceilings need to be matte? Maybe?

My dad said "this is your natural habitat" and ... hurt a little... because was true.

Do any of you have interesting ceilings? Have you painted the ceiling in a room with a cool color or pattern?

Our flat has curved walls: such a cool architectural detail but you don't really notice it.

I think painting the ceiling a contrasting color would make the curve stand out against the white walls.

Black: like a night sky. But could look cheap goth if done poorly.
Light Teal: Cute, it's like the sky. Could be TOO cute.
Chartreuse: MAYBE?

#interiorDesigns #interiorDesign

@cmconseils

Oh god im men