“The end of the open web has been a while coming (with big tech's platforms doing everything to lock their users in) but how Silicon Valley is using AI is going to be the killer blow. The only logical response is to make content harder to access and find to avoid being ripped off”

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   Richard MacManus (ricmac@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 19:11:46 JST Richard MacManus

   It worries me when I see “end of the open web” commentary, especially when the fediverse is trying to provide a moral solution to open web tech going forward. I can’t disagree with this guy’s pov… but from an indie publisher pov, I DO NOT want to hide away my work (eg for Cybercultural), I want it to be freely available. My current strategy is to make my posts as human-centered as possible, based on my own experiences and perspectives. Will that be enough to get click-thrus from AI search tho?