Funny thing is, there are a lot of reports from experiencers that there really is a non-material world out there, and a creator of some sort, and the NHI here are well aware of that. You have to go into the occult/new age/woo side of the phenomenon to get that perspective, but it's pretty firmly established in "the lore".

No one knows how official first contact with NHI is going to go, if it even happens. I'm just saying don't assume this will be the death of religion because there is plenty of hearsay out there that claims the exact opposite.

I think it's going to be hilarious if NHI show up and want to proselytize to us.

Yeah I don't understand it.

I'm sure something else will come along, the public service sphere of Twitter is too important. What else can they do? Go back to sending out press statements and breaking news on the radio or TV? Something will come along and fill that gap.

I had to look this up, couldn't believe it. I've been pretty indifferent to Musk and Twitter...cause I've been always indifferent to Twitter, but this is crazy. As an example, my city's police and bus services and others all use Twitter to send updates out. And I'm sure it's the same for most places. And now they've essentially lost the ability to mass communicate with people, because they need to be able to reach everyone not just those with an account.

I thought Reddit and Twitter were pretty clearly responses to the massive data grab by OpenAI that let them train their language models.

I assume there are other factors involved too, like Reddit trying to force everyone to use its app. But I don't think it's coincidence this happened not long after ChatGPT took off.

... Though now that you mention it, I wonder if there's a connection between Netflix stamping out password sharing and Youtube getting serious about ads.