Steemit, Blogging and Social Media: What People Say Without Saying it!

Maybe the fact that I have been part of this community for almost eight years sometimes leads me to become a bit harsh and cynical — or, at the very least, skeptical.

In "the old days" authentic content creators often railed against those who'd endlessly visit our posts and comment "Great post. Please follow me and like!"

As we used to say when I worked in the IT industry, and someone would annoy us: "Get off my leg!"

Thankfully, things have changed a good bit since 2017, and that type of comment has become a rarity, rather than the bane of our existence!

But people still "say" lot, often without really saying anything.

For example, I get a fair number of comments on my posts that largely amount to telling me my photography is nice, without even a mention of the content of the article.

I suppose I should ultimately be grateful for any kind of engagement, but that type of comment pretty much tells me that you didn't actually read anything I wrote.

After all, I use my photography primarily as spacers, to prevent presenting a "wall of words," to the tune of about 700 of them! The photos are not the point of my content, the words are.

As I said, maybe I have just gotten cynical and harsh.

Or it could be that we have simply been trained so thoroughly by Facebook and Insta to believe that a thumbs up, smiley and a "like" constitutes social media engagement, so a few words about the photos amounts to really putting yourself out there.

Probably not.

When was the last time you were on a major news site and the comments on a news story — to the extent the site allowed feedback — amounted to "nice graphic!"

Of course, I am open to the possibility that what I write is actually mindnumbingly boring and irrelevant, and "nice photos" actually amounts to the kindest thing someone can think of to say...

Probably not.

The point of this whole mini-rant — to the extent I actually have a point — is perhaps that we seem to increasingly seem to occupy a "money for nothing" world, where people feel entitled to be rewarded for even the slightest effort. Or no effort, at all.

Serve it up on a silver plate!

If it isn't about two-word responses, it becomes about getting AI to write your replies for you, so you don't need to do much of anything, yourself.

Alarmingly, this now extends to content creators who think using AI to generate content is a good idea. Let the technology do it, but the human takes the credit.

And we still want our rewards...

I just hope that human content continues to be appreciated... and that communities like Steemit continues to make an effort to make sure that what's here was actually made by humans.

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, and not "with the times," but that's just how I feel about it!

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great remainder of your week!

How about you? Have you ever gotten an AI generated comment? What's your opinion of AI in content creation contexts? Leave a comment if you feel so inclined — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!

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Created at 2024.10.28 23:40 PDT
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