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Great observations Tim. With the loss of Facebook traffic, web content businesses were already gone. Now with AI-generated pap, even non-commercial web is gone too, because your content won't be found. And it's extending within social. This is a poison like water - seems innocuous, but the flood is coming.

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Enjoyable piece, Tim. Enjoyable, but I share your frustration.

Is it too impolitic to mention that numerous mainstream legacy media, and one in particular, have been using the rage bait tactic for some time as part of their general angertainment strategy and need to cultivate engagement?

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It all reminds me of the old UK public service broadcasting joke (which dates back at least to the 1970’s) - “Dear BBC, I wish to complain. So please broadcast something offensive.” Some people are just like that 🤦🏻‍♂️

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