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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?

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

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     There is a case to be made that we are due a ‘Napster moment’ very soon, and Perplexity may well be the Napster. In that scenario, Google especially will be compelled by legal pressures to find a way to compensate the humans who create the content that the open web relies on to continue. I guess I am hoping for that to happen, but I also don’t want to be a Lars Ulrich about it. I just want to be able to survive (and if I’m fortunate, thrive) on the open web!