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1. collingreen · 1790442345 · focus · HN ↗

   Very well written both in prose and tone. I'm glad she decided to tell this story. If the author isn't a professional writer I think she could be.

   This is a great "behind the scenes" style look at the actual people behind a viral clip. Luckily they have an extremely strong relationship to help soften the blows here, I'm not sure an average (not even bad!) relationship could come out of something like this unscathed.

   There's something feral in us that comes out from time to time, especially online from the safety of our screens. I found the announcers within the range of good fun but when it gets to people reaching out to break up their marriage or telling him to kill himself it becomes really sobering.

   I think this is part of what people are calling the lonlieness epidemic - despite thousands of screaming voices the whole thing makes me feel hollow and hopeless.

   1. nivethan · 1790450008 · focus · HN ↗

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      1. ChrisMarshallNY · 1790451715 · focus · HN ↗

         > pretty clearly spruced up with AI

         Get used to it. I don't think we're far from every bit of prose online, being at least edited, if not authored, by AI.

         If people don't want to read AI, then they won't be reading anything but literary classics.

         I'm not saying I find the prospect thrilling; just that it's inevitable.

         As for the topic, projecting values, and life stories onto people from single data points, is a favorite sport of just about anyone. We often see people on this very forum, praising or attacking others as a person, and assigning motives; based on only a single comment. One habit that I've developed, is if someone posts something either in support or in opposition to one of my posts, I look them up, and try to find out as much as possible about them, before responding. It often fails, because people don't want others to know about them, but I suspect that it succeeds, a lot more than people might think.

         1. stephencanon · 1790452952 · focus · HN ↗

            > I don't think we're far from every bit of prose online, being at least edited, if not authored, by AI.

            Zero chance of that happening anytime soon. I'm sure a lot of people have adopted it, and more will follow, but there are still plenty of us who enjoy writing and have no desire to let AI tools take that away from us.

            > I'm not saying I find the prospect thrilling; just that it's inevitable.

            I see no reason why this should be the case. All you have to do is keep writing and it's suddenly not inevitable.

            1. satvikpendem · 1790477125 · focus · HN ↗

               Ironic, enjoying writing yet not catching that "every bit" does not literally mean every bit but an overwhelming majority instead. That some people like writing does not negate their comment.

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