This screed by Cory Doctorow, @pluralistic, about the #enshittification of TikTok and many other formerly useful and entertaining Internet services should be required reading for anybody who considers themselves to be #VeryOnline. https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys

New #introduction since I just moved to a new instance.

I'm a dual Canadian-American living in #Nashville / #Tsalaguwetiyi. By day I administer a medical department at a local hospital, and in my spare time I #write #ScienceFiction, #solarpunk, and #poetry, #hike, watch the #deer in my backyard, and paint a #mural of a fantasy forest in my bedroom while listening to audiobooks.

I also own Upper Rubber Boot Books, a small press on (probably permanent) hiatus. People who are #VeryOnline might also know me from #MetaFilter.

I'm here to talk about everything but mostly #AmWriting, #climate, #USpoli, and the stuff hashtagged above.

// The pace of the internet is now long past “imagine explaining this to a pilgrim”; we’re at “imagine explaining this to someone three weeks ago.” //

I first internetted in the 90s via USENet, and have been #VeryOnline ever since, but around 10 years ago I relinquished hopes of being up to date with fleeting memes. My offspring kindly explain things to me sometimes. Great article.

https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23466389/millennials-cringe-epic-bacon

I support @everywhereist’s proposal that #MastoBlasters become a thing, it sounds Transformers-ish and cool; my only caveat is no Michael Bay involvement. Granted, I’m barely caught up on the #JohnMastodon backstory, with holiday cookie baking I am failing at being #VeryOnline right now. https://mastodon.social/@everywhereist/109536482535821464

I love the accelerating influx of brief, vaguely #antagonistic posts meant to incite #outrage from strangers, because the #VeryOnline half of the immigrant twits literally do not know how to use #SocialMedia any other way.

Oops! Kinda skipped over introducing myself on here and went directly to hollering #BUTTS into the void...

Well, HAI. #introduction

My name is Mer(edith Yayanos). I'm a muscian, writer, editor, curator, photographer, monstrous feminist, compulsive shitposter, and a witchy, rather shouty humanist. (Tho, to be fair, I've gotten less shouty in recent years.) I've been #VeryOnline ever since @mayagurantz introduced me to my first BBS back in 1992. My handle around cyberspace is usually @theremina.

Instagram's anti-plastic surgery rules are stifling young filter artists

Florencia Solari ... creator of the popular "vedete++ effect," which gives the user’s face an intensely over the top cosmetic surgery inspired look with an added neon glow ... While her filter is still available for use, Florencia has penned a scathing Medium post which attacks the photo sharing platform for eliminating the last vestiges of creative freedom on the internet.

https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/a35xba/instagram-banning-filters-plastic-surgery

#Instagram #veryonline