Notices by Aida Akl (aakl@noc.social)

@BeAware @eurogamer This is great for animation.

Beautiful. Will #AI kill hand-drawn graphics in video games?

How The Collage Atlas' creator drew a pen-and-ink world into life over four years https://www.eurogamer.net/how-the-collage-atlas-creator-drew-a-pen-and-ink-world-into-life-over-four-years @eurogamer

@david @BeAware @m @SomeAnoTooter @hackerfactor Or you can move all the old content to a backup drive.

@david @hackerfactor @SomeAnoTooter @BeAware The bottom line, which I realized when I moved here, is that adopting Mastodon requires a mental shift from the old commercial mindset. Some people haven't been able or have been unwilling to do that because it cost them their audience. Everything is give and take. It depends on what you are more comfortable with.

@david @hackerfactor @SomeAnoTooter @BeAware You can migrate your account and follows, but it's a hassle. And to be honest, it's why I haven't migrated from this server, which has recurring tech issues, even as we speak.

You really shouldn't be doing this, not just on account of #privacy.

Your #AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots https://theconversation.com/your-ai-therapist-is-not-your-therapist-the-dangers-of-relying-on-ai-mental-health-chatbots-225411
@TheConversationUK

@david @BeAware @SomeAnoTooter By mainstream mind, you are referring to algorithms, which will get you more followers and stuff you want and don't want. There are no algorithms here. Some people like it, some don't. If you're looking for viral trends, this is not the place. If you're looking for conversation and a level of user agency, this is a good place. I don't think there is a perfect catch-all platform.

@SomeAnoTooter @BeAware @david Yes, but there are a lot of reasons why people like open source, especially when it's not tied to a dominant commercial player. Wouldn't adoption suffer if there was a trust issue?

@david @SomeAnoTooter @BeAware It's not really the same thing because a lot of people come to Mastodon to escape those services. But if you don't mind the algorithms, then those are the services you want.

@david @SomeAnoTooter @BeAware This is the difference between federation and a social platform owned by one person. And it's the reason why people come here. A few years ago, most people didn't even know Mastodon existed. That has changed and continues to change. There needs to be a middle way for Mastodon to grow further without throwing away the keys.

@david @BeAware @SomeAnoTooter It was launched as an alternative after Twitter went to hell. But what you just described looks a lot like Twitter. I wouldn't touch either with or without ads.

A reminder that this is happening in the USA. Wake up America.

https://theconversation.com/college-administrators-are-falling-into-a-tried-and-true-trap-laid-by-the-right-228732 @TheConversationUK

Call of Duty and Diablo boost #Microsoft's gaming revenues, but #Xbox sales continue to fall https://www.gamesindustry.biz/call-of-duty-and-diablo-boost-microsofts-gaming-revenues-but-xbox-sales-continue-to-fall @GIbiz @James_Batchelor

@ppb1701 @GIbiz @James_Batchelor It was a shot in the arm. But is it sustainable?

@ppb1701 @GIbiz @James_Batchelor They're not going under, but putting their titles on other platforms kinda negates any reason for a separate Xbox console to exist, or so it seems. It might not be the worst thing to be relegated to a publisher category, but then, what's the point of creating more Xbox titles?

@lonelyowl @BeAware @taladar 100 percent.

@BeAware @taladar This is a good suggestion. But they did that before - took them forever before tackling some other fan-based content. Insane.

@BeAware @ppb1701 https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/04/can-an-online-library-of-classic-video-games-ever-be-legal/ @KyleOrl

@jon @Vivaldi I'll bite. Why Vivaldi and not Firefox? Or DuckDuckGo, for instance?

@BeAware @TechCrunch @Sarahp Yeah, you're right on that second graph. But the motives are different here. Bluesky was born out of Jack Dorsey's fatal mistake - selling Twitter. And Threads was born out of those ashes to take on Musk's X Frankenstein. But I still think federation for Meta is just a tool to en end, not a way of life.