Wasteland 3 and Stargate SG1.

SG1 versus the payasos would be a fun episode.

Why even involve users? Bots posting AI generated stuff. Upvote bots upvote, comment bots comment and repost bots repost. Its the ciiiiiircle of life…

It doesn’t even have to be extinguishing. It’s bad enough if meta can reap the benefits of associating with FOSS (better privacy for example), while making their app the gateway to the fediverse. And of course that app will be spyware with social media on top. It’s like greenwashing.

The big AI companies will almost certainly not pay the usage fees as they are for everyone else. What this might accomplish (and might be the goal) is to bring them to the negotiation table for special deals, lump sum payments etc.

Reddit is currently trying to monetize their user comments and other content by charging for API access. Which creates a system where only the corporations profit and the users generating the content are not only unpaid, but expected to pay directly or are monetized by ads. And if the users want to use the technogy trained by their content they also have to pay for it.

Sure seems like a great deal for corporations and users getting fleeced as much as possible.