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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Semi-obligatory thanks to @dgerard for starting this)
My current hyperfixation is Ecosia, maker of āthe greenest search engineā (already problematic) implementing a wrapped-chatgpt chat bot and saying it has a āgreen modeā which is not some kind of solar-powered, ethically-sound, generative AI, but rather an instructive prompt to only give answers relating to sustainable business models etc etc.
See my thread here https://xcancel.com/fasterandworse/status/1837831731577000320
Iām starting to reach out to them wherever I can because for some reason this one is keeping me up at night.
Theyāre from Germany and made the rounds on the news here a few years back. Theyāre famous for basically donating all their profits to ecological projects, mostly for planting trees. These projects are publicly visible and auditable, so this at least isnāt bullshit.
Under the hood theyāre just another Bing wrapper (like DuckDuckGo).
I actually kinda liked the project until they started adding a chatbot some months back. It was just such a weird decision because it has no benefits and is actively against their mission. Their reason for adding it was āuser demandā which is the same bullshit Proton spewed and I donāt believe it.
This green mode crap sounds really whack, lol. So I really wonder whatās up with that. I gotta admit that I thought they were really in it because they believed in their ecological idea (or at least their marketing did a great job convincing me) so this feels super weird.
That is a good username. Also very scummy business practices. I have a quite big dislike for people who pull that kind of shit.
Thanks! I thought it shows up on here too. Anyway, you can find me on all the places with that username
I got a downvote for some reasonā¦
Some people just want to watch the world burn
It seems they undid it. Maybe Ecosia are on to me
I have sent an email to their press enquiries contact asking for more information, but I donāt know if I have the āpressā clout to warrant a response (I know I donāt)