Boiled Frogs: AI Slop, Phishing, Deep-Fakes and Spam, Spam, Spam

Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, We’re frogs in a pot that’s being heated so gradually that we no longer notice the sewage is extinguishing the utility of the Web. Let’s take “Show me the incentives, and I’ll show you the outcome” and direct it on the Internet, the digital realm that is now central …

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X cracks down on engagement farming, demonetizes spam accounts in latest payout purge

🚨BREAKING: MASSIVE X crackdown on engagement farming The delay in X payouts this week was because of X implementing a new system that DEMONETIZES engagement farmers Tons of people didn't get paid Friday It looks like the following groups of people are not getting paid: •… pic.twitter.com/I4z1XnsKSg — Alex Finn (@AlexFinn) April 15, 2025

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