It especially hurts when you see a site gain traction that people don't know is AI-generated, but you dont want to be the one person that starts a "this site is AI" witch hunt

I occasionally see posts from these sites asking for approval (eg. "how's my site? do you like it") which really confuses me since its devoid of personality and obviously generated. What irks me is these tech companies seem to have no brakes (and no legislative restrictions) that they will continue to automate everything (creative field being one), so eventually it will be more difficult to tell.

@tabf5 no yeah I get you fully. Best case scenario is always just that people are open about the use of it

@win1999 178 years ago someone said "The bourgeoisie cannot exist without constantly revolutionising the instruments of production, and thereby the relations of production and with them the whole relations of society. Everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones. Man is at last compelled to face soberly, his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind."

woo!! 👻🎉

idk, but I followed ♥ stunning page

it happens a lot with my follower count too. 80% of the time it's people just setting their profiles to private, which hides their Following list. your count might actually go back up by 1 a few days from now, since many people turn their profiles back on after trying private mode lol

Its okay i bet they just got stuck in traffic.

yeah I think I've lost 3 in the past couple days for no real reason? I never even could see in my list who was missing, that or I wasn't attentive enough & just didn't scan over them all properly. people "following" a website is arbitrary anyway--don't let it get you down! :)

Sometimes I don't really care that much about followers, but finally, I guess someone is experiencing some of my small issues here..

@adoniska aww that is so sweet tysm

@tabf5 i am going to be so real i didn't know u could even set your profile to private....

@spotties ugh traffic really is the biggest issue of neocites frfr

@nogginzmart haha don't worry i am not, just being silly- losing three all at once on neocities is odd though

@moonlightayanami like yeah at the end of the day it doesn't matter at all - this is just moreso an archive of who I am/what I like :P

just spamming my own message with comments feel odd but i don't like NOT replying to people.

Yippee!!!

eeeeh? my allergies are all sorts of fucked up ToT otherwise pretty alright--hbu???

are they seasonal allergies @nogginzmart? I'm doing alright! on vacay from work

I usually don't get effected by seasonal allergies much, but I suppose so! The fall semester at my uni just started up so for all I know it's because I'm running around like a headless chicken around all these gross college kids LMAO I've been sniffling & sneezing all day ToT LUCKY! I hope you're enjoying your vacation!!

what are you studying? :0

Accounting

@nogginzmart ooh numbers (i am bad at them)

been there... at least it's way easier to take a break on Neocities compared to other social sites though

Take it easy! There's absolutely no pressure to take a break when you need. Do other things and come back when you feel like it!

you're both right,, I'll just delay the september update a little for now