Comments on: The End of Verified https://digitalwriting.site/2024/11/14/the-end-of-verified/ Experiments in Digital Content Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:36:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Goldie the Goldfish https://digitalwriting.site/2024/11/14/the-end-of-verified/#comment-628 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 04:36:24 +0000 https://digitalwriting.site/?p=1649#comment-628 This is a really great summary of the end of Verified! I do think that emotion is really interesting to consider alongside what is or isn’t factual especially when you think about the fact that people on social media and the internet in genera make their money by preying on our emotional reactions. This topic seems to connect really well with the next section on ignoring things because why would you want to give emotionally manipulative content your attention? It’s like how people intentionally ignore rage bait. I also don’t think AI would be very good for lateral reading. To me it kind of just seems like an additional and unnecessary step using a product that seems pretty unethical to me (because of the way it’s sourced).

]]> By: e.g.lane https://digitalwriting.site/2024/11/14/the-end-of-verified/#comment-612 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:02:46 +0000 https://digitalwriting.site/?p=1649#comment-612 It was super satisfying to finish Verified and come full circle with the discussion of AI, something we discussed at the beginning of the semester. I don’t like AI either, and have never understood why people use it. I like to do everything myself as well. It is satisfying to work on something from start to finish. I know a lot of people use AI to jump start their writing process, but it has never worked for me. I think we should scrap the whole thing. I feel like we’re only creating more problems, especially when it comes to media.

You are the third person, not including myself, to say that they are prone to ignoring. I think that it is a generational issue. Our generation tends to be less involved compared to the older generations. We may be critically ignoring, but we waste our attention in many other ways. I think it’s important to get more involved in crucial conversations.

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