<snark mode=full power>
I know we've all been very concerned about what Bobby Kotick -
long-term CEO of Activision - is going to be doing with his time now
that he's no longer CEO of Activision. After all, he's such a
/beloved/ personality and under his guidance Activision became the
awesomely innovative company it is today. That's how we all remember
Bobby, right?
Well, don't worry; he's making do. In fact, he's thinking of buying
TikTok.* And I can't think of an online community more deserving of
him.
Okay, maybe that's unfair to TikTok (I'm not anti-TikTok because I'm
old; I'm anti-TikTok because I prefer long-form communication). I'm
not sure any community deserves Bobby leading it.
It's not confirmed, this rumor of his acquiring the company. He's
merely 'expressed interest'. He's also said that he sees it as
valuable for training AI models,
instead of, you know, as an online community. I guess it isn't at all surprising that he sees it as a
resource to be mined rather than valued for itself.
Of course, even with all the money he looted - erm, I mean,
legitmately earned through hard work - from Activision, Kotick won't
be able to afford TikTok all on his lonesome. Fortunately, he's
thinking of involving such treasured luminaries as Sam Altman in the purchase. I'm sure with two such endearing personalities leading the
charge, TikTok will soar to new heights.
And we won't have to worry about Bobby anymore.
* read here: https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980?st=jnjw9hqtrb8mfct&s=03
<snark mode=full power>
I know we've all been very concerned about what Bobby Kotick -
long-term CEO of Activision - is going to be doing with his time now
that he's no longer CEO of Activision. After all, he's such a
/beloved/ personality and under his guidance Activision became the
awesomely innovative company it is today. That's how we all remember
Bobby, right?
Well, don't worry; he's making do. In fact, he's thinking of buying
TikTok.* And I can't think of an online community more deserving of
him.
Okay, maybe that's unfair to TikTok (I'm not anti-TikTok because I'm
old; I'm anti-TikTok because I prefer long-form communication). I'm
not sure any community deserves Bobby leading it.
It's not confirmed, this rumor of his acquiring the company. He's
merely 'expressed interest'. He's also said that he sees it as
valuable for training AI models, instead of, you know, as an online >community. I guess it isn't at all surprising that he sees it as a
resource to be mined rather than valued for itself.
Of course, even with all the money he looted - erm, I mean,
legitmately earned through hard work - from Activision, Kotick won't
be able to afford TikTok all on his lonesome. Fortunately, he's
thinking of involving such treasured luminaries as Sam Altman in the >purchase. I'm sure with two such endearing personalities leading the
charge, TikTok will soar to new heights.
And we won't have to worry about Bobby anymore.
On 3/11/2024 4:53 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:[snip]
It's not confirmed, this rumor of his acquiring the company. He's
merely 'expressed interest'. He's also said that he sees it as
valuable for training AI models,
I do not want to be on the same planet as an AI "trained" on TikTok.
Maybe not even the same star system....
instead of, you know, as an online community. I guess it isn't at all surprising that he sees it as a
resource to be mined rather than valued for itself.
It has value for itself?
ll, don't worry; he's making do. In fact, he's thinking of buying
TikTok.* And I can't think of an online community more deserving of
him.
On 3/11/2024 4:53 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
<snark mode=full power>Who?
I know we've all been very concerned about what Bobby Kotick -
long-term CEO of Activision - is going to be doing with his time now
that he's no longer CEO of Activision. After all, he's such a
/beloved/ personality and under his guidance Activision became the
awesomely innovative company it is today. That's how we all remember
Bobby, right?
Well, don't worry; he's making do. In fact, he's thinking of buyingMusk has already claimed 'X', is he going to rename this to 'Y'?
TikTok.* And I can't think of an online community more deserving of
him.
Okay, maybe that's unfair to TikTok (I'm not anti-TikTok because I'm
old; I'm anti-TikTok because I prefer long-form communication). I'm
not sure any community deserves Bobby leading it.
Okay, maybe that's unfair to TikTok (I'm not anti-TikTok because I'mMusk has already claimed 'X', is he going to rename this to 'Y'?
old; I'm anti-TikTok because I prefer long-form communication). I'm
not sure any community deserves Bobby leading it.
Am 12.03.24 um 00:53 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
ll, don't worry; he's making do. In fact, he's thinking of buying
TikTok.* And I can't think of an online community more deserving of
him.
Yes absolutely perfect fit...
It is a narcissist greenhouse... perfect fit for Kotick
TikTok is part of social media I don't really understand as it seems
aimed at two types of people, those with the attention span of a gnat
and those who want to show off just how 'brilliant' they are to
strangers on the internet.
What I hate even more about it is when someone insists on showing me
this 'funny' video that someone sent to them!
Am 13.03.24 um 11:48 schrieb JAB:
It is a narcissist greenhouse... perfect fit for Kotick
TikTok is part of social media I don't really understand as it seems
aimed at two types of people, those with the attention span of a gnat
and those who want to show off just how 'brilliant' they are to
strangers on the internet.
What I hate even more about it is when someone insists on showing me
this 'funny' video that someone sent to them!
And yes, it is annoying, unless you have a 5 seconds attention span,
which I exceed!
Am 13.03.24 um 11:48 schrieb JAB:
It is a narcissist greenhouse... perfect fit for Kotick
TikTok is part of social media I don't really understand as it seems
aimed at two types of people, those with the attention span of a gnat
and those who want to show off just how 'brilliant' they are to
strangers on the internet.
What I hate even more about it is when someone insists on showing me
this 'funny' video that someone sent to them!
And yes, it is annoying, unless you have a 5 seconds attention span,
which I exceed!
<snark mode=full power>
* read here: https://www.wsj.com/tech/why-the-new-effort-to-ban-tiktok-caught-fire-with-lawmakers-7cd3f980?st=jnjw9hqtrb8mfct&s=03
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs
say:
On 3/11/2024 4:53 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
<snark mode=full power>Who?
I know we've all been very concerned about what Bobby Kotick -
long-term CEO of Activision - is going to be doing with his time now
that he's no longer CEO of Activision. After all, he's such a
/beloved/ personality and under his guidance Activision became the
awesomely innovative company it is today. That's how we all remember
Bobby, right?
Well, don't worry; he's making do. In fact, he's thinking of buyingMusk has already claimed 'X', is he going to rename this to 'Y'?
TikTok.* And I can't think of an online community more deserving of
him.
Okay, maybe that's unfair to TikTok (I'm not anti-TikTok because I'm
old; I'm anti-TikTok because I prefer long-form communication). I'm
not sure any community deserves Bobby leading it.
Don't be silly, XikXok, or perhaps ShortX.
<snip>
Xocyll
On 13/03/2024 15:50, Werner P. wrote:
Am 13.03.24 um 11:48 schrieb JAB:
It is a narcissist greenhouse... perfect fit for Kotick
TikTok is part of social media I don't really understand as it seems
aimed at two types of people, those with the attention span of a gnat
and those who want to show off just how 'brilliant' they are to
strangers on the internet.
What I hate even more about it is when someone insists on showing me
this 'funny' video that someone sent to them!
And yes, it is annoying, unless you have a 5 seconds attention span,
which I exceed!
It's something I dislike about social media in general it pretty much >encourages that type of behaviour and then goes out of its way to give
you 'performance anxiety' if you're not popular enough. That doesn't
mean I think it's all bad just 95% of it!
The other thing I don't like about it is the way the algorithms are
designed to feed you information that it thinks you're like which in
this case means information that it thinks you'll agree with. Oh you
just watched a video from one side of the political spectrum so lets
show you something from the over side that may give you a different >perspective. On the other hand lets just give you something that doesn't >challenge your view point but instead re-enforces it.
Another problem, a lie is spread halfway around the world before the
truth has even got out of bed.
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