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jon

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Endlessly curious and an early adopter of promising things. Educated in psychology and human development. Prefers generative human intelligence. Interested in #WebDev #SEO #Technology #SciFi #Photography #Nature

:coywolf: @coywolf is my digital playground where I experiment, create, and publish things that interest me. A coywolf's ability to adapt and thrive in an ever-changing environment inspires me. https://coywolf.com

:ally: https://pronouns.org/he-him :fediverse: #Fedi22

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jon, to mastodon
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This is your algorithm. If you don't want to miss posts from someone, turn this on.

#Mastodon #FediTips

jon, to random
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Own Your Web by @matthiasott is quickly turning into my favorite newsletter.

https://buttondown.email/ownyourweb/archive/issue-05/

clive, to random
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It's wild looking at all sites you can pay to flood the internet with grey-goo AI-authored articles for SEO

I just hit upon Findable, which says you can "use our no-code product suite to deploy a tonne of pages as quickly as possible": https://www.findable.au/

Deploy a ton of pages!

Here's their blog post detailing some of terms they recommend autogenerating stories on: https://www.findable.au/blog/head-terms-for-pseo

None of this is new, but always fascinating to see how straightforward they are

jon,
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@clive AI content is the new content spinning, and there’s a 99% chance Google can detect it and will burn it down in the future.

jon, to random
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One of the things I've observed, generally practice, and like about Mastodon users – not all of them of course – is that it's okay to just let things go. If you don't agree, you can disengage, and still look forward to viewing their posts and interacting with them again on something you are more aligned on. That is the civil discourse, at least in this sea of social, that I desire.

jon, to threads
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Surprisingly clear reporting about #Threads, #ActivityPub, #Mastodon, and the #Fediverse on CNBC (of all places).

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/14/zuckerberg-says-threads-will-dip-its-toe-in-the-fediverse-as-it-opens-to-europe.html

jon,
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@jake4480 For sure, the open concern is that they would either bend rules and/or try to take over the protocol or make their own (think Blink and Chrome). I fall into the bucket of not trusting Meta, but I simultaneously think that making the Fediverse mainstream will require a big player like this. Will it get messy in the future? Probably.

simoncox, to random
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I really really dislike leaf blowers.

We have a lot of trees. Oaks, beech and others. So the lawn is blanketed in leaves at this time of year.

So I got a gadget.

A hand pushed Gardenia leaf and grass collector.

It’s brilliant!

#eco

jon,
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@simoncox want!

jon, to random
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This video explaining how AI gets the content to generate new content is intense.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5d9BrLN5K4

ernie, to random
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After six better than usual traffic days in a row, things finally starting to slow down with Tedium. Getting a month’s worth of traffic in less than a week is always nice

jon,
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@ernie it's always a good feeling 😃

jon, to random
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Meanwhile in space, there's a gigantic hole in the sun wider than 60 Earths that's spewing superfast solar wind at us.

https://www.space.com/sun-coronal-hole-earth-auroras-dec-2023

jon, to random
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Happy WordPress Maintenance and Security Auto-update Day for those that celebrate and live on the edge.

jon, to random
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"Give me a 'bad UX' metaphor."

"Hold my 🍺"

jon, to random
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This should be embarrassing to everyone involved. A company with an award system that begs users to use its inferior products, and the users that participate.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2160414/microsoft-guts-microsoft-rewards-points-and-its-fans-are-outraged.html

jon, to mastodon
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The best way to grow is to show it! :mastodon:

#Mastodon #Fediverse

jon, to random
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Birds would eat you if they could. Watching a heron eat a bunny whole on Reddit has convinced me of that.

jon, to random
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Lots of memories, good and bad, from this article by @ernie

https://tedium.co/2023/11/24/weird-html-hacks-history/

jon, to random
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Meanwhile on all of my robots.txt files.

jon, to random
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We assembled a cat-butt birdhouse for my dad's birthday.

#Caturday

jon, to random
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It used to be a big deal to ask someone what time it was. Especially on rainy days. And you wouldn’t dare ask at nighttime for fear of ridicule and floggings.

A small portable sundial that folds out to tell time with the sun.

jon, to random
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Young enough to still be entertained by falling leaves for hours on end.

#Caturday

jon, to random
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Pretty cool to be able to edit a post right after publishing it without having to worry about an algorithm burying the post.

ramsey, to random
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Cool little blurb about @molly0xfff in the “Fraud Tracker” column of November’s WIRED.

“With her blog Web3 Is Going Just Great, software engineer Molly White rains on the crypto parade. She doesn’t feel great about it.”

https://apple.news/AWKs8SBc2SW2Rlg85oyoUNA

jon,
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@ramsey a link to Wired instead of Apple News please.

jon, to random
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This is absurd and ridiculous. It sets a dangerous precedent for the open web and sharing of ideas. The focus is on Google and Meta, but this ultimately affects the indie developers and news-focused sites and services. It’s a link tax. It’s a horrible plan that will 100% backfire on these publishers and adversely affect their reach.

Journalism and its publishers are not in a good place right now, but this is not the answer.

https://techpolicy.press/google-and-meta-owe-us-publishers-14-billion-a-year/

jon, to SEO
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Publishers hoping to make some commerce/affiliate money from queries that include "shop" or "deal" can kiss traffic goodbye. Google puts all searchers into a Shopping experience. Interestingly, when you click on an item, the experience is very similar to how Neeva functioned.

#SEO #Ecommerce

Google Search result for "shop mens shoes" that displays ecommerce results for products
Google Search result for "deals on iphones" that displays ecommerce results for products

jon, to random
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I broke my glasses and haven't seen my cat in three days.

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