#Time and Sales Data

[signode-blog]

Volume Underlay

Introduction: In the realm of technical analysis, traders and analysts often rely on various indicators to gain insights into market movements and make informed decisions. One such indicator that has gained attention for its effectiveness is the Detailed Underlay. In this blog post, we will delve into what the Detailed Underlay indicator is, how it works, and how traders can utilize it to…

[zylphiacrowley]

Keep thinking about Feyrn and thinking about giving them an actual backstory (why do I do this to myself? I have enough OCs... but they're just too cute.)

Anyway thinking of making them Viis who somehow got yoinked to the source and they are just so.damn.confused.

[bookshelfpassageway]

testing Clip Studio Paint seems to be a resounding success

i also needed to draw the obscure dnd podcast that reached out of the aether and grabbed me like a squeaky toy, so, things kinda worked out that way (yt link to it in the replies but also its on various podcast services)

[gayvampcentral]

my about 10 years old computer p much finally broke down today (black screens every 10 to 20 minutes) and I can thankfully have an old computer from my dad for now which I think is better than my old one anyway but. I fon't think I'll be able to get my drawing program back :,)

[kissmehardy]

New law that anyone who works in an office cant have an opinion on my job because they fundamentally cant understand what im doing

[roseband]

oof i just realized since i have a newer phone now and outlook app works on it, not only can i work on teams off my wrist, but i can do EMAILS off my wrist

[akkivee]

the bonus features for the lives are a short post live interview where they answer a question from their guest artists and moroha, the group that gave us kaigen, asked the bat seiyuu how did they handle the night bat lost

sakakihara-san watched the livestream live and was right there with us lol hands clasped together, begging for that meter to stop higher than mtr’s and the disappointment was immense when it didn’t and wanted to babble about it in their group line chat lmao

takeuchi-san himself thought it was a bummer they didn’t make it to the finals but didn’t feel too strongly about their loss until the night posse was crowned champions. it was then he felt like he actually wanted to win this and was frustrated they were stuck watching lol

hayama-san, too, felt disappointed but, equally so, he also thought that this was a lot of fun lmao!!! from there, he’d been thinking of everything he needs to improve/change to elevate performances and portrayals and it gets him fired up so much so he’s just ready for the next one lmao

[brightgolden]

Hii what do you mean they fucked up the charting rules

In July 2020 (apparently it’s more than 2 years ago by now help), Billboard announced that they won’t count merch and album bundle towards any of their charts.

Hence, I was a bit perplexed why Louis’ US store suddenly had merch and album bundle because for sure they wouldn't be counted towards Billboard 200.

Of course I thought either,

a. Louis doesn’t care about charting

b. it’s somehow allowed

Little did I know that they were going to ask fans in two weeks time to pay for the differences of the bundle discount. Townsend Music (which is the company who fulfilled Louis' store orders) said it's their mistake, but honestly Louis isn't the first artist that used their services.

Who actually signed on this? I have no idea

[acubeai]

Creating an Effective Power BI Dashboard: A Comprehensive Guide

Introduction to Power BI Power BI is a suite of business analytics tools that allows you to connect to multiple data sources, transform data into actionable insights, and share those insights across your organization. With Power BI, you can create interactive dashboards and reports that provide a 360-degree view of your business.

Step-by-Step Guide to Creating a Power BI Dashboard

1. Data Import and Transformation The first step in creating a Power BI dashboard is importing your data. Power BI supports various data sources, including Excel, SQL Server, Azure, and more.

Steps to Import Data:

Open Power BI Desktop.

Click on Get Data in the Home ribbon.

Select your data source (e.g., Excel, SQL Server, etc.).

Load the data into Power BI.

Once the data is loaded, you may need to transform it to suit your reporting needs. Power BI provides Power Query Editor for data transformation.

Data Transformation:

Open Power Query Editor.

Apply necessary transformations such as filtering rows, adding columns, merging tables, etc.

Close and apply the changes.

2. Designing the Dashboard After preparing your data, the next step is to design your dashboard. Start by adding a new report and selecting the type of visualization you want to use.

Types of Visualizations:

Charts: Bar, Line, Pie, Area, etc.

Tables and Matrices: For detailed data representation.

Maps: Geographic data visualization.

Cards and Gauges: For key metrics and KPIs.

Slicers: For interactive data filtering.

Adding Visualizations:

Drag and drop fields from the Fields pane to the canvas.

Choose the appropriate visualization type from the Visualizations pane.

Customize the visual by adjusting properties such as colors, labels, and titles.

3. Enhancing the Dashboard with Interactivity Interactivity is one of the key features of Power BI dashboards. You can add slicers, drill-throughs, and bookmarks to make your dashboard more interactive and user-friendly.

Using Slicers:

Add a slicer visual to the canvas.

Drag a field to the slicer to allow users to filter data dynamically.

Drill-throughs:

Enable drill-through on visuals to allow users to navigate to detailed reports.

Set up drill-through pages by defining the fields that will trigger the drill-through.

Bookmarks:

Create bookmarks to capture the state of a report page.

Use bookmarks to toggle between different views of the data.

Different Styles of Power BI Dashboards Power BI dashboards can be styled to meet various business needs. Here are a few examples:

1. Executive Dashboard An executive dashboard provides a high-level overview of key business metrics. It typically includes:

KPI visuals for critical metrics.

Line charts for trend analysis.

Bar charts for categorical comparison.

Maps for geographic insights.

Example:

KPI cards for revenue, profit margin, and customer satisfaction.

A line chart showing monthly sales trends.

A bar chart comparing sales by region.

A map highlighting sales distribution across different states.

2. Sales Performance Dashboard A sales performance dashboard focuses on sales data, providing insights into sales trends, product performance, and sales team effectiveness.

Example:

A funnel chart showing the sales pipeline stages.

A bar chart displaying sales by product category.

A scatter plot highlighting the performance of sales representatives.

A table showing detailed sales transactions.

3. Financial Dashboard A financial dashboard offers a comprehensive view of the financial health of an organization. It includes:

Financial KPIs such as revenue, expenses, and profit.

Financial statements like income statement and balance sheet.

Trend charts for revenue and expenses.

Pie charts for expense distribution.

Example:

KPI cards for net income, operating expenses, and gross margin.

A line chart showing monthly revenue and expense trends.

A pie chart illustrating the breakdown of expenses.

A matrix displaying the income statement.

Best Practices for Designing Power BI Dashboards To ensure your Power BI dashboard is effective and user-friendly, follow these best practices:

Keep it Simple:

Avoid cluttering the dashboard with too many visuals.

Focus on the most important metrics and insights.

2. Use Consistent Design:

Maintain a consistent color scheme and font style.

Align visuals properly for a clean layout.

3. Ensure Data Accuracy:

Validate your data to ensure accuracy.

Regularly update the data to reflect the latest information.

4. Enhance Interactivity:

Use slicers and drill-throughs to provide a dynamic user experience.

Add tooltips to provide additional context.

5. Optimize Performance:

Use aggregations and data reduction techniques to improve performance.

Avoid using too many complex calculations.

Conclusion Creating a Power BI dashboard involves importing and transforming data, designing interactive visuals, and applying best practices to ensure clarity and effectiveness. By following the steps outlined in this guide, you can build dashboards that provide valuable insights and support data-driven decision-making in your organization. Power BI’s flexibility and range of visualizations make it an essential tool for any business looking to leverage its data effectively.

[urparking]

Manipal University Online

About

The college began offering online courses around 2021. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has authorised Online Manipal University to provide undergraduate and graduate programmes.

The university provides a modernised digital learning environment where you may access all course materials and advanced seminars. This LMS is used by the University for conducting online exams. The LMS even allows students to study on their own through a variety of practice tests and online quizzes.

The online Manipal courses aim to offer complete educational experiences that will help students learn skill sets useful for careers in a variety of fields. 

The curriculum and learning techniques were developed not only by professors, but also by experts in relevant industry. 

Financial Benefits

The university provides simple financing solutions, such as no-cost EMIS, that help students from all backgrounds attain skills and knowledge while overcoming financial barriers. There are also outstanding scholarship opportunities for government officials, defense personnel, deserving students, and those with disabilities.

Benefits of Manipal University

100+ recruiters from Fortune 500 organisations.

No-Cost EMI & attractive scholarships

Real-World Faculty

Jobs that fits the student’s profile

Course Wise Fees

Course

Fees (**fees may vary according to the university's guidelines and rules. Check the Official Website for information)

Duration

Online B.Com

Rs. 99,000 

3 Years

Online M.Com

Rs. 1,08,000

2 Years

Online BBA

Rs. 1,35,000

3 Years

Online BCA

Rs. 1,35,000

3 Years

Online MCA

Rs. 1,58,000

2 Years

Online MA

Rs. 1,40,000

2 Years

Online MBA

Rs. 1,75,000

2 Years

Online MBA (dual)

Rs.1,75,000

2 Years

Mode of Payment

Open the payment link given in their official website at:  https://www.manipal.edu/ 

Manipal Academy Of Higher Education Students can pay all academic-related fees online.

Students and parents can register on the Student Portal to pay their fees online. 

Once enrolled, students/parents can pay the course cost (General Category only)/examination/re-registration/casual/internal improvement/certificate/transcript charge online. 

The receipt will be created online and delivered to the student/parent's registered email address.

Facts about Manipal University

Manipal University offers over ten completely online, certified degree and certification courses. 

All courses have been authorised by the UGC to be provided online. 

The college provides online undergraduate degree courses such as BCA, BBA, and B.Com, as well as MCA, MBA, M.Com, and MA JMC postgraduate degree courses.

The institution has its own LMS with a variety of unique and personalized features, involving self-learning activities such as online tests, mock examinations, and lectures. 

The exams are carried out online and remotely checked via the LMS. 

The university provides no-cost EMI options for easy payment. 

There are scholarships available for government officials, defense personnel, deserving students, and persons with disabilities.

Manipal University Online Certificate

Earn a UGC-accredited degree, accepted globally

Degree is recognised and certified

Degrees accredited by NAAC and AICTE 

Degree is recognised in public as well as private industries

Equivalence with an on-campus degree

Manipal University Admission Process

The process for applying at Manipal University is conducted online. New admissions begin in January of each year. 

There are direct admissions, and no entrance exams are required for admission. Follow this process to get Admission in Online Manipal University’s Online Courses:

Step 1: Go to Online Manipal University's official website and apply online by clicking on "Enroll Now". 

Step 2: Upload documents and then submit the application. 

Step 3: Pay the application fees. This cost is later reflected in Semester I fees. 

Step 4: If any further procedure is remaining, an admission counselor will contact you and support you until it is completed.

[mostlysignssomeportents]

Red Lobster was killed by private equity, not Endless Shrimp

For the rest of May, my bestselling solarpunk utopian novel THE LOST CAUSE (2023) is available as a $2.99, DRM-free ebook!

A decade ago, a hedge fund had an improbable viral comedy hit: a 294-page slide deck explaining why Olive Garden was going out of business, blaming the failure on too many breadsticks and insufficiently salted pasta-water:

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/940944/000092189514002031/ex991dfan14a06297125_091114.pdf

Everyone loved this story. As David Dayen wrote for Salon, it let readers "mock that silly chain restaurant they remember from their childhoods in the suburbs" and laugh at "the silly hedge fund that took the time to write the world’s worst review":

https://www.salon.com/2014/09/17/the_real_olive_garden_scandal_why_greedy_hedge_funders_suddenly_care_so_much_about_breadsticks/

But – as Dayen wrote at the time, the hedge fund that produced that slide deck, Starboard Value, was not motivated by dissatisfaction with bread-sticks. They were "activist investors" (finspeak for "rapacious assholes") with a giant stake in Darden Restaurants, Olive Garden's parent company. They wanted Darden to liquidate all of Olive Garden's real-estate holdings and declare a one-off dividend that would net investors a billion dollars, while literally yanking the floor out from beneath Olive Garden, converting it from owner to tenant, subject to rent-shocks and other nasty surprises.

They wanted to asset-strip the company, in other words ("asset strip" is what they call it in hedge-fund land; the mafia calls it a "bust-out," famous to anyone who watched the twenty-third episode of The Sopranos):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust_Out

Starboard didn't have enough money to force the sale, but they had recently engineered the CEO's ouster. The giant slide-deck making fun of Olive Garden's food was just a PR campaign to help it sell the bust-out by creating a narrative that they were being activists* to save this badly managed disaster of a restaurant chain.

*assholes

Starboard was bent on eviscerating Darden like a couple of entrail-maddened dogs in an elk carcass:

https://web.archive.org/web/20051220005944/http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~solan/dogsinelk/

They had forced Darden to sell off another of its holdings, Red Lobster, to a hedge-fund called Golden Gate Capital. Golden Gate flogged all of Red Lobster's real estate holdings for $2.1 billion the same day, then pissed it all away on dividends to its shareholders, including Starboard. The new landlords, a Real Estate Investment Trust, proceeded to charge so much for rent on those buildings Red Lobster just flogged that the company's net earnings immediately dropped by half.

Dayen ends his piece with these prophetic words:

Olive Garden and Red Lobster may not be destinations for hipster Internet journalists, and they have seen revenue declines amid stagnant middle-class wages and increased competition. But they are still profitable businesses. Thousands of Americans work there. Why should they be bled dry by predatory investors in the name of “shareholder value”? What of the value of worker productivity instead of the financial engineers?

Flash forward a decade. Today, Dayen is editor-in-chief of The American Prospect, one of the best sources of news about private equity looting in the world. Writing for the Prospect, Luke Goldstein picks up Dayen's story, ten years on:

https://prospect.org/economy/2024-05-22-raiding-red-lobster/

It's not pretty. Ten years of being bled out on rents and flipped from one hedge fund to another has killed Red Lobster. It just shuttered 50 restaurants and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Ten years hasn't changed much; the same kind of snark that was deployed at the news of Olive Garden's imminent demise is now being hurled at Red Lobster.

Instead of dunking on free bread-sticks, Red Lobster's grave-dancers are jeering at "Endless Shrimp," a promotional deal that works exactly how it sounds like it would work. Endless Shrimp cost the chain $11m.

Which raises a question: why did Red Lobster make this money-losing offer? Are they just good-hearted slobs? Can't they do math?

Or, you know, was it another hedge-fund, bust-out scam?

Here's a hint. The supplier who provided Red Lobster with all that shrimp is Thai Union. Thai Union also owns Red Lobster. They bought the chain from Golden Gate Capital, last seen in 2014, holding a flash-sale on all of Red Lobster's buildings, pocketing billions, and cutting Red Lobster's earnings in half.

Red Lobster rose to success – 700 restaurants nationwide at its peak – by combining no-frills dining with powerful buying power, which it used to force discounts from seafood suppliers. In response, the seafood industry consolidated through a wave of mergers, turning into a cozy cartel that could resist the buyer power of Red Lobster and other major customers.

This was facilitated by conservation efforts that limited the total volume of biomass that fishers were allowed to extract, and allocated quotas to existing companies and individual fishermen. The costs of complying with this "catch management" system were high, punishingly so for small independents, bearably so for large conglomerates.

Competition from overseas fisheries drove consolidation further, as countries in the global south were blocked from implementing their own conservation efforts. US fisheries merged further, seeking economies of scale that would let them compete, largely by shafting fishermen and other suppliers. Today's Alaskan crab fishery is dominated by a four-company cartel; in the Pacific Northwest, most fish goes through a single intermediary, Pacific Seafood.

These dominant actors entered into illegal collusive arrangements with one another to rig their markets and further immiserate their suppliers, who filed antitrust suits accusing the companies of operating a monopsony (a market with a powerful buyer, akin to a monopoly, which is a market with a powerful seller):

https://www.classaction.org/news/pacific-seafood-under-fire-for-allegedly-fixing-prices-paid-to-dungeness-crabbers-in-pacific-northwest

Golden Gate bought Red Lobster in the midst of these fish wars, promising to right its ship. As Goldstein points out, that's the same promise they made when they bought Payless shoes, just before they destroyed the company and flogged it off to Alden Capital, the hedge fund that bought and destroyed dozens of America's most beloved newspapers:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/16/sociopathic-monsters/#all-the-news-thats-fit-to-print

Under Golden Gate's management, Red Lobster saw its staffing levels slashed, so diners endured longer wait times to be seated and served. Then, in 2020, they sold the company to Thai Union, the company's largest supplier (a transaction Goldstein likens to a Walmart buyout of Procter and Gamble).

Thai Union continued to bleed Red Lobster, imposing more cuts and loading it up with more debts financed by yet another private equity giant, Fortress Investment Group. That brings us to today, with Thai Union having moved a gigantic amount of its own product through a failing, debt-loaded subsidiary, even as it lobbies for deregulation of American fisheries, which would let it and its lobbying partners drain American waters of the last of its depleted fish stocks.

Dayen's 2020 must-read book Monopolized describes the way that monopolies proliferate, using the US health care industry as a case-study:

https://pluralistic.net/2021/01/29/fractal-bullshit/#dayenu

After deregulation allowed the pharma sector to consolidate, it acquired pricing power of hospitals, who found themselves gouged to the edge of bankruptcy on drug prices. Hospitals then merged into regional monopolies, which allowed them to resist pharma pricing power – and gouge health insurance companies, who saw the price of routine care explode. So the insurance companies gobbled each other up, too, leaving most of us with two or fewer choices for health insurance – even as insurance prices skyrocketed, and our benefits shrank.

Today, Americans pay more for worse healthcare, which is delivered by health workers who get paid less and work under worse conditions. That's because, lacking a regulator to consolidate patients' interests, and strong unions to consolidate workers' interests, patients and workers are easy pickings for those consolidated links in the health supply-chain.

That's a pretty good model for understanding what's happened to Red Lobster: monopoly power and monopsony power begat more monopolies and monoposonies in the supply chain. Everything that hasn't consolidated is defenseless: diners, restaurant workers, fishermen, and the environment. We're all fucked.

Decent, no-frills family restaurant are good. Great, even. I'm not the world's greatest fan of chain restaurants, but I'm also comfortably middle-class and not struggling to afford to give my family a nice night out at a place with good food, friendly staff and reasonable prices. These places are easy pickings for looters because the people who patronize them have little power in our society – and because those of us with more power are easily tricked into sneering at these places' failures as a kind of comeuppance that's all that's due to tacky joints that serve the working class.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this post to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/05/23/spineless/#invertebrates

[jcmarchi]

Nintendo Reveals Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Fastest-Selling Game In The Series

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Nintendo Reveals Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Fastest-Selling Game In The Series

Yesterday, we learned that the Nintendo Switch had surpassed 132 million units sold on the heels of great results from recent first-party releases like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Pikmin 4. Now, Nintendo has revealed that its latest first-party release, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, is the fastest-selling game in the Super Mario series. It achieved this record after selling more than 4.3 million units in two weeks. 

“Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which was released worldwide on October 20, achieved global cumulative sales of 4.3 million units within the first two weeks,” Nintendo’s financial briefing reads. “This makes it the fastest-selling Super Mario related title. Super Mario related titles also tend to sell consistently over a long period of time. We anticipate this title will be an appealing choice for consumers during the upcoming holiday season and will continue to sell next year onwards as well.” 

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Nintendo highlights the caveat that it has only been collecting sell-through data since the Nintendo DS and Wii generation, meaning Super Mario Bros. Wonder is the fastest-selling Super Mario game since collection began during the Wii and DS generation. This could mean prior Super Mario games sold faster, but that remains unknown. Nonetheless, 4.3 million copies sold in two weeks is an impressive feat for the first new entry in the side-scrolling Super Mario series in 11 years. 

Nintendo attributes part of the game’s sales success to The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which hit theaters in April and quickly achieved the best opening of all time for an animated film. It comes as no surprise that Nintendo is following that success with a live-action Legend of Zelda movie, which it announced yesterday. 

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Alongside news of Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s sales, Nintendo also highlights that the Mario success will likely continue soon with upcoming Mario-related releases like this month’s Super Mario RPG remake, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, its remake of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Princess Peach Showtime, and its HD remaster of Luigi’s Mansion 2. 

For more, read Game Informer’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder review and then check out the strange reward for beating Super Mario Bros. Wonder’s hardest challenge. Read Game Informer’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder Flower Coins and Wonder Seeds guide after that and then check out our Super Mario Bros. Wonder Search Party guide. 

Have you played Super Mario Bros. Wonder? Let us know what you think of it in the comments below!

[gikairan]

Mmmm maybe wasnt a good idea to carry a massive console box for a 5 minute walk on a rather warm day......

But hey

Got a Series X and only spent £50 of my monies on it 😎

[roseband]

also how tf do i rewrite my resume to include....

i was the only one geeky enough to make automation templates for the brand i work on materials for at work...and the previous three graphic artists in my position couldn't figure it out, im smarter than them, im smaaaart i can do maaath... im an artist who knows MATH

i am adobe scripting and batch process queen... gimme yob

like i've basically automated every portion of my job that would be outsourced to india (cause i was tired of having to fix the work coming in from india tbh)

[pillowfort-social]

Generative AI Policy (February 9, 2024)

As of February 9, 2024, we are updating our Terms of Service to prohibit the following content:

Images created through the use of generative AI programs such as Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, and Dall-E.

This post explains what that means for you. We know it’s impossible to remove all images created by Generative AI on Pillowfort. The goal of this new policy, however, is to send a clear message that we are against the normalization of commercializing and distributing images created by Generative AI. Pillowfort stands in full support of all creatives who make Pillowfort their home. Disclaimer: The following policy was shaped in collaboration with Pillowfort Staff and international university researchers. We are aware that Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly evolving environment. This policy may require revisions in the future to adapt to the changing landscape of Generative AI. 

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Why is Generative AI Banned on Pillowfort?

Our Terms of Service already prohibits copyright violations, which includes reposting other people’s artwork to Pillowfort without the artist’s permission; and because of how Generative AI draws on a database of images and text that were taken without consent from artists or writers, all Generative AI content can be considered in violation of this rule. We also had an overwhelming response from our user base urging us to take action on prohibiting Generative AI on our platform.  

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How does Pillowfort define Generative AI?

As of February 9, 2024 we define Generative AI as online tools for producing material based on large data collection that is often gathered without consent or notification from the original creators.

Generative AI tools do not require skill on behalf of the user and effectively replace them in the creative process (ie - little direction or decision making taken directly from the user). Tools that assist creativity don't replace the user. This means the user can still improve their skills and refine over time. 

For example: If you ask a Generative AI tool to add a lighthouse to an image, the image of a lighthouse appears in a completed state. Whereas if you used an assistive drawing tool to add a lighthouse to an image, the user decides the tools used to contribute to the creation process and how to apply them. 

Examples of Tools Not Allowed on Pillowfort: Adobe Firefly* Dall-E GPT-4 Jasper Chat Lensa Midjourney Stable Diffusion Synthesia

Example of Tools Still Allowed on Pillowfort: 

AI Assistant Tools (ie: Google Translate, Grammarly) VTuber Tools (ie: Live3D, Restream, VRChat) Digital Audio Editors (ie: Audacity, Garage Band) Poser & Reference Tools (ie: Poser, Blender) Graphic & Image Editors (ie: Canva, Adobe Photoshop*, Procreate, Medibang, automatic filters from phone cameras)

*While Adobe software such as Adobe Photoshop is not considered Generative AI, Adobe Firefly is fully integrated in various Adobe software and falls under our definition of Generative AI. The use of Adobe Photoshop is allowed on Pillowfort. The creation of an image in Adobe Photoshop using Adobe Firefly would be prohibited on Pillowfort. 

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Can I use ethical generators? 

Due to the evolving nature of Generative AI, ethical generators are not an exception.

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Can I still talk about AI? 

Yes! Posts, Comments, and User Communities discussing AI are still allowed on Pillowfort.

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Can I link to or embed websites, articles, or social media posts containing Generative AI? 

Yes. We do ask that you properly tag your post as “AI” and “Artificial Intelligence.”

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Can I advertise the sale of digital or virtual goods containing Generative AI?

No. Offsite Advertising of the sale of goods (digital and physical) containing Generative AI on Pillowfort is prohibited.

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How can I tell if a software I use contains Generative AI?

A general rule of thumb as a first step is you can try testing the software by turning off internet access and seeing if the tool still works. If the software says it needs to be online there’s a chance it’s using Generative AI and needs to be explored further. 

You are also always welcome to contact us at moderation@pillowfort.social if you’re still unsure.

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How will this policy be enforced/detected?

Our Team has decided we are NOT using AI-based automated detection tools due to how often they provide false positives and other issues. We are applying a suite of methods sourced from international universities responding to moderating material potentially sourced from Generative AI instead.

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How do I report content containing Generative AI Material?

If you are concerned about post(s) featuring Generative AI material, please flag the post for our Site Moderation Team to conduct a thorough investigation. As a reminder, Pillowfort’s existing policy regarding callout posts applies here and harassment / brigading / etc will not be tolerated. 

Any questions or clarifications regarding our Generative AI Policy can be sent to moderation@pillowfort.social.