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The quote in the subject line is from A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It felt appropriate as we slide into the final days of spooky season. I’ll leave it up to you to parse what that might say about the current state of the world. Anyhow, here’s what’s new this week. I hope you’re doing well today.

"But to some people, this approach makes me the villain. They’re invested in our current parasocial norm, where creators are expected to not only churn out content but also smile, nod, and constantly seek validation through likes, follows, and endless engagement. I'm not playing the like and subscribe game, and that rubs a few folks the wrong way. Because, you know, to be truly indie, you need to do things the way everyone else does."

I’m not against putting real protections in place to stop AI-generated crap from pushing out actual creators. That’s something we need to be doing. But do I feel like that’s what’s happening here? No. It feels like these platforms are more interested in checking a box to appease the loudmouth conspiracy theorists out there than they are in actually protecting writers and artists. It’s like we’re dealing with AI hunters who are basically the equivalent of the “transvestigators.” You know, those whack jobs who look at someone’s collarbone and just “know” that male celebrity was assigned female at birth? Same energy, equal level of delusion, different flavor of ridiculousness.

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