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John Scalzi

@scalzi.com
8 posts
2025-12-19
Good.  I would fucking hate when I would inadvertently click on these fake trailers  —  deadline.com/2025/12/yout...
2025-12-19 View on X
Deadline

YouTube terminates Screen Culture and KH Studio, two large channels that used AI to create fake movie trailers; the platform earlier suspended the channels' ads

deadline.com/2025/12/yout... John Scalzi / @scalzi.com : Good.  I would fucking hate when I would inadvertently click on these fake trailers  —  deadline.com/2025/12/yout... @jason...

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2024-12-10
As I've noted before, I'll happily shell out for a subscription here if it helps keep it free and useful for other folks  —  techcrunch.com/2024/12/09/b...
2024-12-10 View on X
TechCrunch

In mockups on GitHub, Bluesky teases Bluesky+, a $72-per-year or $8-per-month subscription offering profile customizations, higher video upload limits, and more

Here's What May Be Included Adam Marshall / Tech.co : Bluesky Paid Subscription Tier May Be Just Around the Corner Anshuman Jain / Beebom : Free Lunch Is Over: Bluesky Premium Feat...

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2024-11-30
While I don't feel as negatively about the new “hotness” setting as some do, I agree it's potentially manipulatable by bad actors and don't think it should be the default, which it currently is.  I'd go into my settings and change it (I use “Newest Replies First” as my default).  [embedded post]
2024-11-30 View on X
Mashable

Bluesky replies now default to appear by “hotness”, which weights liked replies that are more recent more heavily; some say this rewards clout farming like X

Not everyone is happy about it being the default.  —  Bluesky replies will now default to appear by “hotness” …

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2024-11-29
While I don't feel as negatively about the new “hotness” setting as some do, I agree it's potentially manipulatable by bad actors and don't think it should be the default, which it currently is.  I'd go into my settings and change it (I use “Newest Replies First” as my default).  [embedded post]
2024-11-29 View on X
Mashable

Bluesky replies now default to appear by “hotness”, which weights more recent liked replies more heavily; some say this rewards clout farming like X

Not everyone is happy about it being the default.  —  Bluesky replies will now default to appear by “hotness” in a contentious update to the social media platform.

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2023-12-25
Grok is a better human than Musk [embedded post]
2023-12-25 View on X
Washington Post

Elon Musk is fielding complaints about Grok giving liberal responses on diversity, transgender rights, and inequality, despite promising an “anti-woke” chatbot

Grok, launched this month on X, has angered conservatives by endorsing diversity.  Musk says he's trying to fix it.

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2023-10-18
“Let me into your financial information, just a little bit, come on, it'll be fine”  —  Spoiler: It will not be fine [embedded post]
2023-10-18 View on X
Fortune

X tests Not A Bot, requiring new, unverified users to sign up for a $1 annual subscription to be able to post and interact, in New Zealand and the Philippines

The owner of X, Elon Musk, has long floated the idea of charging users $1 to use the platform.

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2023-07-07
On Twitter in one of my threads someone just said “Threads had 30M signups in one day, Bluesky has lost its chance to become the next Twitter” and he may be right, but what he doesn't know is that people here are like “cool, dodged THAT bullet”
2023-07-07 View on X
TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours

what you need to know Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Twitter should be worried as Threads racks up 30 million sign ups in less than 24 hours Livemint : Elon Musk hits out at Zuckerberg as...

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On Twitter in one of my threads someone just said “Threads had 30M signups in one day, Bluesky has lost its chance to become the next Twitter” and he may be right, but what he doesn't know is that people here are like “cool, dodged THAT bullet”
2023-07-07 View on X
Semafor

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads, saying Meta “engaged in systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets” and other IP

Twitter is threatening legal action against Meta over its new text-based “Twitter killer” platform …

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