#content farms suck

[kittendrumstick]

had an experience that exemplifies how shitty the internet has gotten due to low-quality content, AI garbage, and google being useless now.

it all started on instagram, where i was shown a clickbait-style video about a study where japanese researchers tried to figure out what causes kidney disease in cats (with the supposed goal of making them live 30+ years as the "hook" to get people to watch). the video goes on to state the researchers eventually came up with a solution called the AIM injection that would be available in 2025.

i was like ok, the injection part sounds promising, where did they get this info? so i went to google. the top source was the research paper itself, but… nowhere in the paper or anything associated with it does it state anything about an injection (or cats living 30+ years as a result, though this part was obviously pretty dubious from the start). there's no info later than 2016. the other top sources? clickbait sites rewriting each others' content, one of which literally links to the instagram account as a "primary source." just. lmao.

two of the top sources, from the SAME WEBSITE, and one of which is being used as a "featured snippet" on google, are AI-generated content about the AIM injection. the featured one says it addresses a "spectrum of ailments" which is obviously wrong, and the other is written as if the injection is a cybersecurity threat (i had to look this up again because the writing was so incomprehensible the first time i saw it i actually forgot what it was about, lol). i thought maybe because the research originated in japan that it might be hard to find any specific info in english beyond the study itself, but if there is an originating source for the injection claims, it's not coming up on google or any of the sites sharing this "information." if it was linked in an instagram or tiktok video, someone would have pulled it by now since they all love to steal from each other (assuming they're not all created by the same people/content farms). i feel like even without the absolutely wild "cats will live to 30+" claims, an injection that can significantly reduce or potentially cure kidney disease in cats should be big enough news to have at least one true english source if accurate, which tells me it most likely isn't.

i found one post on reddit asking similar questions about the injection availability with no responses, because apparently no one else knows if this shit is real or fake either. but they're sure as hell gonna flood the internet with bullshit content that google happily promotes. i hate it here!!

(also if anyone does somehow have an actual, real source for this... i want to see it lmao)

[ithinkimauggie]

Deleted tiktok, i am finally free lets go gamers

[akechi-stole-my-heart]

idk i think it fucking sucks that the only art i see for persona fics nowadays is art that was commissioned

[crimeronan]

Would Camila get Luz and maybe Hunter shitty little flip phones in case they ever need to reach her while she's in the Human Realm? I specify shitty little flip phones because I can only IMAGINE the chaos that would occur by allowing two chronically curious teenagers access to the misinformation a smartphone with internet connection would provide. Bonus points is that Hunter and Luz would be able to send each other dumb little texts whenever they're apart

CUTE. yeah, i think this would be reasonable of her! i also think it would be hard for luz and hunter to get sucked into misinformation about the human world because the first instinct for Both of them with a smartphone would be just. to watch as many animal videos as possible.

[dead-titanspeakerman]

ok thats enough internet for the night

[therealslimstrider]

[gougeandkill]

not to be insensitive or whatever cause i do understand where the frustration comes from but like. when ppl complain how art is being increasingly commercialized/commodified/thought of as content when it’s not intended to be etc etc and im like yeah that fucking sucks ofc.

but then they says smth like “why cant art just exist as a hobby anymore :(” and it’s like… it literally can??? just make your art dude who gives a fuck

[risingsunresistance]

WHO SAID FARMING SUCKS I JUST WANNA TALK (/lh)

i would also like to know who said farming is the worst. it's repetitive yeah, but it's isolated and has very little issues to it. ALSO THE GARDEN IS RIGHT THERE, HAVE YOU PLAY TESTED THAT YET BC FARMING IS FINALLY GONNA HAVE MORE TO DO-

how can you say farming is the worst thing to do on the server when fishing and foraging are right there

[rubys-domain]

i'm so glad there's a weekly boss i can use him to fight, as underbuilt as he is rn

[ghostchanuwu]

Okay rant time because this stuff legitimately makes me angry

Idk how many of you are in/follow the pokemon community but chances are that you've at leasts seen some "leak" videos with some "new leaked forms" in the thumbnail

(Ex. this thumbnail and no I'm not blurring out names bc I really couldnt care less also dont harass these people they arent worth your time)

Wanna know whats wrong with this image?

That is Crystal Mega Metagross from Insurgence (a VERY popular Pokemon Fangame)

(Crystal M-Metagross sprite from the game)

And then you have thumbnails like this

That is literally a retextured Charizard from the first movie (Clone Charizard)

And a dishonorable mention (same person as the first but there are so many more examples of this shit)

Now you might be wondering what that sillouet must be,could it be a actual new form?new pokemon?N O P E

It's stolen artwork passed off as an official leak :)

The artist isnt even credited in the person's description or even in a pinned comment,also their description is literally just keyword stuffing

This is actually fucking pathetic and shouldn't be condoned in the slightest (hell it even goes against YouTube's TOS on misleading/spam content)

[wandering-wolf23]

Some days, I find people here necro-ing up threads that are 4 years old. I feel compelled to tell you that you should never just throw antibiotics at a mystery illness. That's just a bad idea all around.

[dabihaul666]

i did this the other day but i couldnt bring myself to post it pls my brain, its very sick.

[neonstarsoflight]

POV: That one annoying TADC content farm-like audio being in my fyp for a hundred times now

This audio's everywhere and I hate it 🫥

[bleetusmcyeetus]

I randomly woke up half an hour ago and I was gonna go back to sleep but of COURSE I had to check to see if anyone texted me and of COURSE one of my friends had to ask me if SAMS is a content farm cuz “it’s got that vibe”

So guess who’s up at 4 am writing a long ass thing in defense of the sun and moon show 😭

[electric-plants]

i wish genshin would let us name artifacts to keep track of them better i’ve been farming a second set for cyno to use and the way i keep losing the pieces i like in the mix of all the others is so confusing lol

[joanna-olson]

I wish Instagram had a function to block tags and specific words, like tumblr has. Or they could learn the difference between a sanctuary and a farm or homestead. I hate when it shows me clips of cute animals and then someone explaining how they are going to kill said cute animals. Thanks I'm traumatized now.