Comments on: We’re Basically Verified Now https://digitalwriting.site/2024/11/15/were-basically-verified-now/ Experiments in Digital Content Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:36:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: swanXVI https://digitalwriting.site/2024/11/15/were-basically-verified-now/#comment-622 Sat, 23 Nov 2024 01:36:15 +0000 https://digitalwriting.site/?p=1661#comment-622 Hey there. To echo the above post, I definitely feel a certain distance between the Internet and I that wasn’t there before. Your aversion to AI is something I feel as well. The section in Verified about the death of style really shook me. I’ve been trying to find my own voice in my writing for years, so it’s a little disheartening to know that mimicry is becoming more important than originality. Your last paragraph hit me right in the stomach. I want my writing to be remembered, and mediocrity is normally forgotten quickly. Our class’ discourse surrounding AI has been fascinating this semester, and I think that you’ve tied a lovely bow on it.

]]> By: e.g.lane https://digitalwriting.site/2024/11/15/were-basically-verified-now/#comment-611 Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:22:01 +0000 https://digitalwriting.site/?p=1661#comment-611 It is really strange how disconnected I feel from the internet now. I used to feel like I was in a community on social media when I first got different social media apps as a young teen. Now I feel more distant. And I’m not the only one, either. Many of my friends have voiced the same thing. Certain aspects lack genuineness, the newness that I once enjoyed. I know it wasn’t perfect or as glamorous as I remember it, but I wonder why that is. Is it a more personal feeling/experience? Or do other people feel the same? What about the internet has changed so that it feels distant?

Verified has given me some great tools to not feel overwhelmed during research. I try to avoid emotional topics online because I don’t like getting intertwined in the dramatics, but I know I need to dive in despite the storm.

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