Yes. He’s not as smart as he thinks he is, yet he is not as dumb as he portays. He’s dishonest at his core and it shows in the way he interacts with others.

Precisely.

The term you’re looking for is social capital and this is what I mean. We agree more than we don’t, but I like breaking the terms down a bit more for conversational purposes. It’s important to talk about these things.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_capital

That’s still about power not wealth.

His wealth already is future proof, this is something else. This is about power.

Updates that keep you coming back for more. 😘

I’ve not had a problem here, do you have examples of this? Not saying it does not exist, more curious as I’ve found this space a lot kinder than reddit.

My grandma, a very sweet, timid small old lady, once threw down a “C U N T” then innocently said, “What? It’s a word.”

I’ve been using it for over 6 months. There’s a web app too if you don’t use the self hosted button. Absolutely saves me from doom scrolling.

Cats are a good litmus test.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/

Also, lpt, if you look on google for something, add the boolean “before:2022-11-30” to your search for better results. That is the date ChatGPT was released. You can also compare threads before that date with what you see today for reddit by using the search “site:reddit.com before:2022-11-30”. Try doing that with one of the topics I initially mentioned or going on the Wayback Machine before that date and you will see a difference.

On Agents:

• More technical read
• Less technical read
• All in one system if you want to try

Generic usernames, the randomly generated ones, newer accounts, especially since the rise of ChatGPT and when they were gearing up for making Reddit public. Look for ones that do not really add substance and often argue for arguments sake (not to be confused with a troll). It is a vibe too. Knowing how these things are made helps, look into AI agents, and kind of knowing what trolls actually are too, for that check out this book.

Good to know, but trying to not confuse the less than techie newbies. X)

Thanks Blaze. 💓 I swapped the links.

Mostly personal preference. :)

Don’t forget stumbleupon.

I’ve found them periodically in r/worldnews, r/politics, and they are easy to spot on anything related to Gaza/Israel, Russia/Ukraine or things like crypto and finance. That’s where to go if you don’t want to look too hard. The other day I’m pretty sure I saw the same comment reposted several times across the same subreddit when sorted by top by year, something really generic with the same slightly off punctuation along the lines of “This community is the best!” It is really interesting to see actually. Most of the time their usernames are the randomly generated ones.

I highly reccomend this series if you want to know how this came to be in recent centuries:

https://hellonearth.chapotraphouse.com/views/podcast/

I do not listen to these folks regularly, but they did a great job of this. It is a modernised retelling of a famous book from the early 1900s.