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Dusty Moth

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NHharkaway.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 11:50am

Today’s rabbit hole. I really want to do this now. Also: Threads is awful anyway.

A thread from threads about using random made-up words and punctuation marks to break up text posts to avoid their hijacking for use as AI training data on Meta platforms.

Sample: It obviously noorbik only works to bangoob make my posts useless - unless, of course mmaxxxting, everyone were to start doing it using the same made up words. Hops-puddle.

Thread continues. The obvious difficulty is that it disrupts services like alt text, which I don’t want to do. Hm.

$The other problem - perhaps specific to threads - is that the algo may interpret it as noise and bury it. This meta-dialogue (ho ho ho) is not in the main thread; it exists only here as recompense for the absence of the borked ur-text. Sample: At w:hat xom po&int, thou7gh lardek does the s/i\gnal -de;grade oooon too m£uch gogogondu? and t:he w-hole be:c;ome ggggnoi )use(less parpsk?$

DMdutmoth.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 10:27am

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ASadamcsharp.bsky.socialSep 27, 2024 4:01pm

Ten collective noun ideas: 10. A rash of dermatologists 9. A great deal of car salesman 8. A lot of auctioneers 7. A (polyg)lot of translators 6. A tedium of golfers 5. A well actually of pedants 4. A fraid of clowns 3. A deliverance of postmen 2. A lack of principals 1. An enlargement of pianists

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ADannadent.bsky.socialSep 28, 2024 8:31am

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