#algorithms are stupid

[brittlebodies]

Ian Stone, Doubting Thomas, oil on linen, 12x16 in, 2023

[castielsprostate]

i hate you generative "ai", i hate you "ai" chat-bot that never understands a question and keeps you in a loop without connecting you to a representative, i hate you "ai" replacements for normal interactions and behavior, i hate you "ai" that's been made by techbros with the intent to make more money instead of actually helping people and systems that could benefit from the technology

[ghostdiva]

Koopa, if I may be blunt, from an invisible content creator. The numbers don’t matter.

This is a hard pill I’ve already had to learn to swallow, and it sucks, trust me. To put so much love, passion, and hard work into making something cool, just to have no one see it can be very dissuading. It can easily take the wind out of your sails if all you’re looking at is the numbers.

Now don’t get me wrong, you have every right to complain. Every algorithm I know of seems hostile to smaller creators. And this site doesn’t even have an algorithm. It has a tag system, where you cherry pick tags you like/wanna see, and the site will be like “oh you like [insert tag here]? Here’s this stack of posts that have this tag”

Algorithm rambles aside, making art isn’t, and shouldn’t be, about numbers. It’s about creation. The joy and love that goes into making something cool, even if no one sees it.

I had to find this out for myself, and teach it to myself. And trust me, the people that truly enjoy the stuff you make, will hold your art close to them, and keep an eye out for new posts.

Your dad au for the amazing digital circus is awesome. I will say that your posts have made some of my bad days better.

I guess what I’m trying to say tho, is that you’re doing great. Keep your chin up, your audience will find you eventually. You got this! ^-^

I wonder if more people would care about the dad au if everyone had a cool redesign, too bad were too deep into the story to change everyone now, so im doomed to the mediocre uncared for aus I guess

sorry, just a little vent, today was actually a good day, I should stop complaining

[so-i-did-this-thing]

So, I have a big advice post to write, but until I have the spoons, I want to warn everyone now who has legally changed their first name:

Your credit score may be fucked up and you need to:

check *now* that all your financial institutions (credit cards, loans, etc) have your current legal name and update where necessary

check that all 3 credit bureaus, on their respective sites, not via a feed like Credit Karma (so, Trans Union, Equifax, Experian) are collecting that info correctly and generating the right score - you might need to monitor them for a few months if you made any changes in #1

I am about to apply for a mortgage and learned that as of 2 weeks ago:

Experian suddenly thinks I am 2 different people - Legal Name and Dead Name (none of whom have a score)

Equifax has reported my active 25 year old mortgage as closed and deleted one of my older credit cards, hurting my score by 30+ points

Credit scores influence everything from big home/car loans to insurance rates to job and housing applications.

And for whatever reason, the 3 bureaus that have the power to destroy your life are shockingly fragile when it comes to legally changing one's first name.

So, yeah. Once I get this mess cleaned up for myself, I have a big guide in the works if you find yourself in the same predicament. But with the mass trans migration out of oppressive states, odds are there are a lot of newly renamed people who are about to have a nasty shock when applying for new housing.

Take care, folks.

[shorthaltsjester]

i truly am baffled by some of the cr fandom when it comes to the topic of the gods and c1 and death in general because. the raven queen didn’t kill vax. in fact she gave him more time. she Does get the blame from keyleth and some from vex but even those two by the end were more so just holding grudges wrapped up in their own issues that were exacerbated by vax’s choices. but it was always vax’s choice. which, y’know, i’m aware of a portion of the cr fandom’s propensity for dismantling every interesting choice a character makes into something forced upon them, but the role of fate in exandria has never been like bad faith you must adhere to the path chosen for you, it’s much more like what brennan has spoken about wrt specificity: as one makes more choices they become more particular to a given outcome. but that’s not some curse by the gods that dooms characters that’s literally just. what living is.

and of course death is a complicated thing that everyone approaches differently but. god the amount of people who view vax’s dynamic with the raven queen as an injustice or his death as some unforgivable thing the raven queen caused some how? in the words of laura bailey, Were We Watching The Same Orb? it isn’t an injustice that vax, completely willing to pay whatever it cost him to save his sister, was bound to the Deal He Agreed To. his role as the champion was one he found meaning and purpose in. further, it was the raven queen that allowed him to be resurrected later in the campaign. like, it isn’t fair that vax had so little time but it is time he chose and time he was given, but vox machina tends to fall on the reaping the benefits side of unfairness of power in exandria. if what makes the gods — particularly the matron of ravens — irredeemable is that they have the power to make choices that mortals can’t like denying someone’s resurrection, how irredeemable must the group of heroes called vox machina (whose members drop like flies to be revived moments later) be to the everyday person who just has to watch the people they love die and make peace with it?

of course it sucks that vax could not have a happy ending or epilogue like the rest of vm, except of course, vex has a family and is happy and loved, and keyleth is strong and alive and protected, and i think that looks a lot like what vax wanted most.

[kirrryash]

@kagomes-hanakotobamatsuri week 4 Endurance and Adaptability

Globemallow: strength

I only ever wished softness for you. For pain is the other side of strength. But you bleed and bore the injuries of life, and you survive and thrive despite all.

[rambling-robot]

sometimes I get weirdly self-conscious or worried about someone recognizing my username on a fic, either for kudos or a comment, and I’m like, ‘oh no, what if they hate my taste and think I’m weird 🥺”

and then I remember “what were YOU doing at the devil’s sacrament? 🤨” and leave a kudos and comment

[smilesandexits]

people who think that the ruby's mother conclusion was boring/underwhelming. you are watching the "the most important person in the universe is an ordinary woman" show

[casdeans-pie]

Somebody tell me to leave twitter alone like they're slapping my hand while I'm reaching into a cookie jar

I hate that app so much because I can't stop scrolling and it's all nothing but bad news

I dont want to delete it off my phone again because sometimes people share twitter posts with me and it sucks to open it without the app, but I will if I feel myself falling into the rabbit hole again

If I just stop now it'll be fine

[soupcanspecimen]

Man, I am late and tend to forget everything!

2024 was one of sega's best years ever, and the funniest thing was it wasn't even because of their Mascot! Shadow just completely dunked on Sonic by being a better mascot than him! i don't think Sonic will ever recover from this.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE ULTIMATE LIFE FORM!!!!! 🖤❤️🖤☕️

[atearinspaceairlock]

groovymochi: fontainesband

[vampirian]

ok why the FUCK is 90% of my dashboard just posts by blogs i don't follow? did i miss something?

[sosoribro]

pinterest what

im gonna start calling him sour cream chips now

if anyone asks why then say "you just had to be there"

[r0semultiverse]

Gonna post The Edge of Sleep spoilery questions later and some Youtube smash or pass shorts for the characters.