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[–] socsa@piefed.social 65 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At my peak, I easily posted a million words a year to Reddit. The idea that I wasn't putting that effort into actual productive writing is definitely an idea I've had many, many times.

[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

It was productive, just not for you. The LLM trainers are happy for all that VC money you helped them get.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 43 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, dialogue is important practice. We once wrote letters to each other.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, what ever happened between you two, anyway? You guys used to be so lovey dovey!