I dedicate this post to a woman named Laura, a quite obviously knowledgeable person I “discovered” a few weeks ago (I guess she is what is “also known as” a “virtual” acquaintance — occupying a space somewhere in between “cyberspace” and “in real life”).
She disclosed to me that I sound sort of “bot-y” to her, so I have included a bot smile :] and also a somewhat more human smile, too, in the title of this post.
Yet to get down to brass tacks, I was already planning to write how no algorithm has really done a good job of solving the WWW-SPAM issue, and there Laura comes along and says “R U a BOT ?!?” (LOL)
I do admit that one idea which seems to be rather easily conveyed when using the term “social media” is this notion of “real people” (vs. let’s just mention the notion of “fake news”). There has been much philosophical energy expended on such ideas (see also my own adventures into this space right here on this blog: “Building on Dunbar” 😉 ) … and so it almost seems like we could all begin to talk about “theories” or junk like that … yet to make a long story short being familiar with something also feels familiar somehow … making us more inclined to nod our heads in agreement. Yes?
OK, can I get you on board with the idea that I am NOT a bot? Yes?
Are you beginning to become accustomed agreeing with me? Yes?
Would you like to sign this contract now? No? Why not?
Because you don’t trust some random person writing stuff onto a webpage in his FREE time? Free sounds dirty (as in: dirt cheap), doesn’t it?
Well, OK — I will now abrubtly ABANDON that train of thought before we all get derailed.
What I actually wanted to point out today is that if we were well acquainted, then we might actually think similarly about many things. We would, for example, presumably speak the same language (or at least very similar languages — as Kings and politicians are often also quite quick to point out). We would be and feel familiar with all sorts of stuff. It could really become quite cozy. And all of that would make it much more enjoyable and a far more effective way to annihilate stuff like SPAM and ASS [1] and stuff almost everyone agrees is ugly, vile, pernicious, obsessed and deranged … — but I digress.
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