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There are too many links for my liking on here...

1676 sats \ 18 comments \ @cleaningup12 14 Jan BooksAndArticles

Rather than just posting links to articles,

I'd like to see a tl:dr synopsis, a little summarisation of what it is your bringing to the party

We all like to come here to SN and peruse the different territories

See what's hot and recent

Part of why we use SN is to educate ourselves and entertainment

There is a line between a post being more like an essay and becomes too much to digest or not enough to spark your engagement

Just my 2 sats

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63 sats \ 5 replies \ @GlobalThreat 14 Jan

it'll come. i've been wanting a tldr; summary bot, but the nostr libraries for js all are broken given their documentation.

84 sats \ 3 replies \ @OgFOMK 14 Jan

We don't need AI we just need other humans to share their wisdom. AI is programmed by people who are very stupid. They have very little common sense. Literally they buy staplers when they run out of staples.

AI is programmed by the dumbest people on the planet. If they were smart they would and do work on Bitcoin.

73 sats \ 0 replies \ @Krv 14 Jan

AI is useful if you prompt it correctly. I recently looked up mainstream media news articles on a person that system really hates. Typically, polemics and unfounded claims. However, I asked the AI to remove all descriptions from a particular article and gave me what looks like a reasonable report that you'd get from an objective reporter.

AI is as biased as the training material in terms of content generation, but, AI is great for editing, summarizing, proofreading, and general content parsing.

32 sats \ 0 replies \ @9 14 Jan

That’s a great point!

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @cleaningup12 OP 14 Jan

What makes me laugh is when they say heavy haul trucks will be AI controlled

Yeah OK up and down the freeway maybe but put it down a side street in Chicago in deepest winter with cars illegally parked and then see how it does 😆😆

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Krv 14 Jan

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116 sats \ 0 replies \ @OgFOMK 14 Jan

This is why you are valuable. Your input is meaningful. Just give feedback to the post person and you can help him or her to improve.

135 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 14 Jan

If you check out the link post menu and go to options, you'll see a box for context. That box was only recently added after much prodding. Personally, I will not post a link without adding context, and I will rarely zap a link without context. Im not alone. Believe it or not, things are getting better in this regard. Check out @elvismercury. He is a master at this, and is also an advocate.

304 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 14 Jan

Thanks @siggy47, I feel like we're brothers in this fight :)

@cleaningup12, the best I can figure, this one is a combo of a) modeling the behavior you want to see ("be the change you want to see in the world" as per @ekzyis and also Gandhi) and b) rewarding it when you do see it.

82 sats \ 0 replies \ @cleaningup12 OP 14 Jan

Generally it's a fantastic experience on SN, the devs have got it in a great place imo, there's loads of engagement and when a post has context we can all relate to it goes hot very quick

51 sats \ 3 replies \ @TNStacker 14 Jan

That's one opinion..However, what's wrong with posting an article openly, which allows discussion, if any, to go in more organic directions? Posting with opinions leads or directs the discussion even unintentionally.

I think both are additive and necessary and I would not discourage either.

73 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coyote_Cosmico 14 Jan

Good point here. Maybe people could just post a description which asks a question or questions about the piece they shared. I think that's a far more effective way to get a discussion going than just an outbound link with no context at all.

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @cleaningup12 OP 14 Jan

Post with explanation I meant. Not shilling etc

51 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 14 Jan

I didn't think you meant shilling. I am saying if I post a link along with an opinion or explanation most comments will respond to the opinion. Sometimes I want perspective on the article not on my opinion of the article.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 14 Jan

Agreed i find myself doing chatgpt summaries of articles to decide if its worth delving into.

Even a 2-3 line starter comment would be nice.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 14 Jan

Original posts are also way more likely to make it to the hot page

And there already are users exploiting that fact by posting link posts as discussion posts and only adding a sentence or two to the text

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coyote_Cosmico 14 Jan

The recent tab is often 90% raw link posts with zero effort. Such low effort that it almost seems like a bot could have made those posts 🤖 🤨

I wish there was a way to easily filter link posts with/ without context added. I'd be delighted to miss each and every link share where the poster couldn't be bothered to write even 1 sentence about why it's worth reading.

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @justanumber 14 Jan

Yeah I don't like posting just a link. At least put a brief explanation as to what the link/article is about. Agree with a tl:dr synopsis