Writing is way more than creating outlines or checking the plot for problems. It's more than even writing a first draft. In fact, it starts with the first round of edits, when characters awake and find their voices etc.

People who think writing with AI is just pushing buttons underestimate the complexity of the process, and using AI for things you'd usually use other writers' feedback or betas or developmental editors for is just an evolution of tools, the same way we don't scratch on stone tablets anymore today.

2y ago

Just Started Using Revolt (Discord Alternative)

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

I'd like to know, too. Especially considering most servers I'm on are unlikely to switch.

2y ago

Do you pay for Discord Nitro?

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

Nope. It's a bit kitschy, but it does its job. Nitro though, nah.

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

It's very simple actually. Russia invaded a souvereign country. The end.

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

We don't have the medical treatment yet. But we're getting close.

2y ago

Do you think lemmy would be as popular as reddit?

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

Gonna check out Connect, thank you :)

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

On sh.itjust.works, shit just works.

As for apps, I'm using Liftoff, which works well, but hasn't seen an update for a while, and I don't know how active the dev is. I'd rather not use Jerboa, which has been created by tankies, or any of the ad-infested ones, like Boost, because I think it's despicable to try and profit off of user-generated content on a platform that's meant to be free (could have stayed on Reddit if I wanted that).

2y ago

Do you think lemmy would be as popular as reddit?

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

I don't think Lemmy will reach or overtake Reddit. That's a good thing in my opinion, because massive platforms come with massive moderation problems that aren't so easy to tackle for decentralised networks. We've seen that when someone posted kiddie porn and several servers went down to scrub the filth from their systems.

If anything, Lemmy already has a pretty high amount of troll communities, thankfully mostly contained within their own servers, which enables separation through defederation (speaking of defederation, I'd love to have an option to block servers on the user level).

2y ago

Are attention spans actually shortening?

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Hanabie @sh.itjust.works 2y ago

I'd think it's more that there's now more media fighting your attention. When I was a kid (GenX here), we had a handful of TV channels and books. Books was what I went with.

Nowadays, I get home from work and watch something on YouTube before bed. I still read, but my standards have risen, and a trashy space opera won't do it anymore for me. It has to be a great one now, and there are fewer of them. So, naturally, YouTube gets a bigger share of my time. Or games, when I have time to play on the weekends. My comfort game used to be Civilization, and currently I'm hooked on Baldurs Gate.