ElectricMachman

It’s Vista all over again.

And people are learning not to ask where the information came from or to check sources.

Worst of it is, this has been a problem for as long as I can remember, and it’s getting so much worse than ever now

Oh yes, I keep forgetting about that. Must give it a try sometime.

Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle was a rare gem from Ubi. Other than that, their best “recent” game is probably Rayman Legends, and that’s like a decade old now

That was a Windows 7 thing - it used to be hosted at https://browserchoice.eu but that’s long gone now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrowserChoice.eu

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Guess what? It’s been in the charts consistently for over 8 years and is currently #61.

https://dorado.timetwister.one/public/radio_sims

A video game that happens to get big updates every so often…? Call 'em expansion packs if that makes life easier

Ordered a shelf, it was never handed off to the courier. Complained, got it redelivered but they sent it to the wrong address. They seem to have refunded me twice… haven’t received any money back yet, but the shelf is due to arrive tomorrow so we’ll see what happens

But don’t you think it’s a bit reductionist? We read books, not analogue text content. We eat meals, not nutritional content. We listen to songs, not rhythmic euphoria content. I don’t think it’s about commercial concerns - in fact, the term ‘content’ to refer to anything and everything is the ‘commercial’ way of putting it.

Someone hitting ‘record’ on a microphone and jamming on a guitar is still music. Why should we treat video any differently?

If you find someone that fits all those categories, I wouldn’t begrudge you that

Brilliant article - but it looks like it’s now been removed. Would be impressive if someone at Dotpe got wind in such a short space of time…

To answer the “why”, it’s because the word “content” is kinda meaningless. Instead of making films, documentaries, talk shows, reference guides, cartoons… it’s all just this generic “content” slop that’s just there to feed the machine

Then call them educators, or presenters… teachers, maybe, depending on the nature of their work

Well, we start by referring ta work not as “content”, but as what it actually is. Then work from there. For instance, one could ostensibly call Ahoy a filmmaker or a documentary maker.

And while we’re at it, stop calling them ‘content creators’

EDIT: to clarify, my stance on this is that ‘content creator’ devalues the human endeavour behind a piece of work (or content, if you will). Instead it’s just slop for the machine, and who cares what it is as long as it gets numbers, right?

Tom and Jerry, BAMZOOKi, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends

It’s too darn big. I’d love another Nexus 4-sized phone.