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We've lost our sense of online community. There was once a time when memes and internet-born jokes were a novelty enjoyed by relatively few people – the kind who would describe themselves as Extremely Online. Maybe you'd take pride in quoting a niche Vine that only a few select IRL friends will have seen and spent your evenings connecting with mutuals on Twitter or scrolling niche fandom accounts. Crucially, you had an understanding of internet culture that the average person probably didn't. But in 2025, it's very difficult to make that claim. Because while internet trends and buzzwords were once an inside joke, it's now practically impossible to keep anything on social media a secret. This feels particularly pressing in the wake of BRAT summer, a concept which was cool for, approximately, five minutes and is now being referenced by Facebook mums as part of their daily vocabulary and was used in Kamala Harris' presidential campaign. Similarly, seven or eight years ago, had Jools Lebron shared her "very demure"video on Vine, rather than on TikTok last year, it might have had potential to be a private gag between you and your other very online friend, rather than the concept for at least four fashion brands' autumn campaigns. All of this to say, the idea that you can be more online than anyone else with an iPhone and an Instagram account is ostensibly extinct. Plus, many people who once made their internet usage a personality trait called Twitter their home. But since the site has been taken over by Elon Musk and renamed to the aptly apocalyptic-sounding X, a lot of internet veterans are struggling to find a place where they can share the memes and internal monologues they once relied on the little blue bird for. Even those who migrated to TikTok are now facing the fact that the app might not exist for much longer, with the new ban in the U.S. looming on April 5 and many creators looking for alternative ways to share content online. This doesn't mean that people aren't spending time on the internet anymore. If anything, the opposite is true, with Gen Z spending an average of 4.5 hours per day on social media, according to a report from consumer research platform GWI published in 2023. But finding online spaces or communities that feel specific to you or private in any sense is far more difficult than it was once. So, even if your feeds do feel individualised and personalised to you, it's hard not to feel that, in one way or another, you're consuming more or less exactly the same content as anyone else. The main reason for this is, simply put, algorithms. You've probably noticed that the way you're served content on almost every social media app — be it TikTok, Instagram or X — nowadays has changed. Where once you'd see posts created by people you chose to follow, now apps mainly serve up recommended content based on people and things it thinks you might be interested in. "The platform’s algorithms base their recommendations on content you have liked and engaged with," explains Dr. Carolina Are, social media researcher at Northumbria University’s Centre for Digital Citizens. There are benefits to this, of course, in that it might help you come across content that you really enjoy and wouldn't have discovered otherwise. This also explains why meme culture has become so widespread, as if a fairly small group of people are enjoying a particularly funny meme, the algorithm will push this out to a much wider number of people very quickly. "This has become a faster, more efficient and more economic, if not always accurate, way of governing swathes of content worldwide," Are says. But it also means it's very hard to form and maintain small communities based on common interests or experiences online nowadays, as they're often catapulted to far more people than intended, whether they're the correct audience or not. Plus, remaining part of a digital community can be difficult when you're being served so much new content rather than the posts created by accounts you follow. "It feels like the algorithm wants you to see stuff you don't like." Izzy, who is 27 and lives in London, has been using social media since 2009 and spent most of the 2010s very engaged with what was then Twitter. "I used to tweet hundreds of times a day," she says, adding: "I've definitely always considered myself to be very online. I do enjoy being that person that knows every internet reference and meme." However, Izzy recently decided to stop using X and her decision was based on the app's algorithm: "It feels like the algorithm wants you to see stuff you don't like so that you engage with it and it also shows your stuff to people who won't like it," she says, explaining that this was making her experience of using social media almost entirely negative. This is in stark comparison to the way Izzy and many other very online people would use apps like Twitter in the early to mid 2010s, connecting with mutual followers you probably considered genuine friends and finding a safe space of sorts on the internet. Often when you're scrolling now, it probably feels less like you're engaging with real people or friends, given that so many brands have such an active presence on social media nowadays. And not to mention influencers who, although are undoubtedly real-life people (unless you count the AI influencers), don't always necessarily feel like it when you consume their content through your screen. "Algorithms like TikTok's For You Page push popularity and not network building, encouraging users to engage as ‘the public’ rather than someone to have a meaningful interaction with," Are says. "The follower is no longer a peer, they’re the audience, while the creator is more similar to a conventional, mainstream media broadcaster than to an independent creator." "My social feeds are dominated by influencers and personalities." "My social feeds are dominated by influencers and personalities," says 27-year-old Charlotte, who now works on social media but, like Izzy, was very online throughout her teenage years. "You do create this parasocial relationshipwhere you feel like you know them," she adds. Izzy agrees that this has been one of the biggest changes in her experience of using social media during the past decade: "I do think brands and influencers dominate my social media a lot more - it's constantly ads on my feed. I choose to follow my friends and often I don't see their stuff," she says. This is one of the main shifts we've seen in the content that's posted and consumed on social media now and one of the reasons why those very online communities have disintegrated over the years. "The sense of community can be lost while celebrity is gained and content becomes about selling instead of connecting," Are says "Ten years ago, I made friends through twitter and even though there were some people who would feel unattainable in a way, it was nothing like it is now," Charlotte says. In this way, the death of being very online goes a lot further than just the dissemination of meme culture and the lack of inside internet jokes. It reflects the lack of space for genuine interaction and meaningful communities online right now, something that was once considered to be one of the main plus sides of social media. "There aren't really niche internet jokes anymore..." And given that social media is so heavily commercialised nowadays, with ads taking up every other post on apps like Instagram and X, and influencers, even smaller creators, actively trying to monetize their content, it feels as though it's lost any sense of playfulness and fun. "There aren't really niche internet jokes anymore because you have trend forecasters and people whose jobs it is to hop on these trends and make it about a brand," Izzy says adding: "The memes aren't as funny when you know they're going to be co-opted." No one scrolling through Tumblr in 2014 or tweeting about One Direction in their teenage bedroom would have predicted that they were living through the golden age of social media, but that might just be the case. It's certainly safe to say that millennials who once considered themselves very online were certainly having more fun on social media than young people probably are now, with 30 percent of young people aspiring towards a career as an influencer, undoubtedly spending their time scrolling thinking about how they can monetise their favourite meme and figuring out how to hack the algorithm to promote their content. So, even though you might lament the fact that you don't have a hold over internet culture anymore and that even trying to do so can be depressing, be thankful that now is probably the best time to become very, very offline. Source: https://mashable.com/article/very-online-doesnt-exist-online-culture As forum owners, we’re rebuilding the culture!

March 18 - A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday affirmed that a work of art generated by artificial intelligence without human input cannot be copyrighted under U.S. law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed, opens new tab with the U.S. Copyright Office that an image created by Stephen Thaler's AI system "DABUS" was not entitled to copyright protection, and that only works with human authors can be copyrighted. Get weekly news and analysis on U.S. politics and how it matters to the world with the Reuters Politics U.S. newsletter. Sign up here. Tuesday's decision marks the latest attempt by U.S. officials to grapple with the copyright implications of the fast-growing generative AI industry. The Copyright Office has separately rejected artists' bids for copyrights on images generated by the AI system Midjourney. The artists argued they were entitled to copyrights for images they created with AI assistance -- unlike Thaler, who said that his "sentient" system created the image in his case independently. Thaler's attorney Ryan Abbott said he and his client "strongly disagree" with the ruling and intend to appeal. The Copyright Office said in a statement that it "believes the court reached the correct result." Thaler, of St. Charles, Missouri, applied for a copyright in 2018 covering "A Recent Entrance to Paradise," a piece of visual art he said was made by his AI system. The office rejected his application in 2022, finding that creative works must have human authors to be copyrightable. A federal district court judge in Washington upheld the decision in 2023 and said human authorship is a "bedrock requirement of copyright" based on "centuries of settled understanding." Thaler told the D.C. Circuit that the ruling threatened to "discourage investment and labor in a critically new and important developing field." U.S. Circuit Judge Patricia Millett wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel on Tuesday that U.S. copyright law "requires all work to be authored in the first instance by a human being." "Because many of the Copyright Act's provisions make sense only if an author is a human being, the best reading of the Copyright Act is that human authorship is required for registration," the appeals court said. source: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/

I'd recommend placing new users under approval mode to stop most of them or make their first 5 posts set to moderation. I'd also discourage their accounts along with their ip. This way you can yield out the spammers from regular members.

I can't stand pop ups nor roll up ads either. I tested google adsense on my forum a few months ago, but it wasn't generating too much. I was only making $.30-$.75 a day through adsense. I'd rather sell my own in house advertisements instead. I think it would be a better way to monetize without annoying users. Affiliate marketing could be a good tactic as well, especially if you have users discussing products a lot. I think amazon and clickbank are good options.

Honestly, ai driven content needs to take a step back. Those that write their own content will win in the end. The internet has enough of ai generated content.

I'm currently listening to no pressure by kevin gates

I wonder if the graphic design has a wider audience now. Especially since it's possible to create your own graphics with the use of AI tools. This wasn' possible in the past. Creating a community that discusses both topics might be a good idea for someone looking to start a graphic designs forum. Gaming forums are highly competitive, but it's a lot easier to build one when you target a certain niche instead a much broader one. There's some serious power houses in the gaming industry though. Some of the largest gaming communities have over 5 million posts, if not more.

The idea that a forum is using fake accounts just because default avatars are the same doesn’t really hold up. New users always have the option to upload their own avatar in their account settings, which is usually one of the first things they explore when joining a forum. Customizing your profile picture is a personal choice, not a requirement.

Building an online community takes a lot of time, effort, dedication along with passion. The hard work, time and effort pays off in the end, especially once your community starts thriving. However, what's the biggest forum that you've ever built from the ground up? What helped you to build the forum? How many members and posts/threads did it have? Did it take you a long time to build this particular community? Is it still online today? If so, how old is your community now?

Security and attacks continues to be a very active environment, and the visibility that Cloudflare Radar provides on this dynamic landscape has evolved and expanded over time. To that end, during 2023’s Security Week, we launched our URL Scanner, which enables users to safely scan any URL to determine if it is safe to view or interact with. During 2024’s Security Week, we launched an Email Security page, which provides a unique perspective on the threats posed by malicious emails, spam volume, the adoption of email authentication methods like SPF, DMARC, and DKIM, and the use of IPv4/IPv6 and TLS by email servers. For Security Week 2025, we are adding several new DDoS-focused graphs, new insights into leaked credential trends, and a new Bots page to Cloudflare Radar. We are also taking this opportunity to refactor Radar’s Security & Attacks page, breaking it out into Application Layer and Network Layer sections. Below, we review all of these changes and additions to Radar. [HEADING=2]Layered security[/HEADING] Since Cloudflare Radar launched in 2020, it has included both network layer (Layers 3 & 4) and application layer (Layer 7) attack traffic insights on a single Security & Attacks page. Over the last four-plus years, we have evolved some of the existing data sets on the page, as well as adding new ones. As the page has grown and improved over time, it risked becoming unwieldy to navigate, making it hard to find the graphs and data of interest. To help address that, the Security section on Radar now features separate Application Layer and Network Layer pages. The Application Layer page is the default, and includes insights from analysis of HTTP-based malicious and attack traffic. The Network Layer page includes insights from analysis of network and transport layer attacks, as well as observed TCP resets and timeouts. Future security and attack-related data sets will be added to the relevant page. Email Security remains on its own dedicated page. [HEADING=2]A geographic and network view of application layer DDoS attacks[/HEADING] Radar’s quarterly DDoS threat reports have historically provided insights, aggregated on a quarterly basis, into the top source and target locations of application layer DDoS attacks. A new map and table on Radar’s Application Layer Security page now provide more timely insights, with a global choropleth map showing a geographical distribution of source and target locations, and an accompanying list of the top 20 locations by share of all DDoS requests. Source location attribution continues to rely on the geolocation of the IP address originating the blocked request, while target location remains the billing location of the account that owns the site being attacked. Over the first week of March 2025, the United States, Indonesia, and Germany were the top sources of application layer DDoS attacks, together accounting for over 30% of such attacks as shown below. The concentration across the top targeted locations was quite different, with customers from Canada, the United States, and Singapore attracting 56% of application layer DDoS attacks. In addition to extended visibility into the geographic source of application layer DDoS attacks, we have also added autonomous system (AS)-level visibility. A new treemapview shows the distribution of these attacks by source AS. At a global level, the largest sources include cloud/hosting providers in Germany, the United States, China, and Vietnam. For a selected country/region, the treemap displays a source AS distribution for attacks observed to be originating from that location. In some, the sources of attack traffic are heavily concentrated in consumer/business network providers, such as in Portugal, shown below. However, in other countries/regions that have a large cloud provider presence, such as Ireland, Singapore, and the United States, ASNs associated with these types of providers are the dominant sources. To that end, Singapore was listed as being among the top sources of application layer DDoS attacks in each of the quarterly DDoS threat reports in 2024. [HEADING=2]Have you been pwned?[/HEADING] Every week, it seems like there’s another headline about a data breach, talking about thousands or millions of usernames and passwords being stolen. Or maybe you get an email from an identity monitoring service that your username and password were found on the “dark web”. (Of course, you’re getting those alerts thanks to a complementary subscription to the service offered as penance from another data breach…) This credential theft is especially problematic because people often reuse passwords, despite best practices advising the use of strong, unique passwords for each site or application. To help mitigate this risk, starting in 2024, Cloudflare began enabling customers to scan authentication requests for their websites and applications using a privacy-preserving compromised credential checker implementation to detect known-leaked usernames and passwords. Today, we're using aggregated data to display trends in how often these leaked and stolen credentials are observed across Cloudflare's network. (Here, we are defining “leaked credentials” as usernames or passwords being found in a public dataset, or the username and password detected as being similar.) Leaked credentials detection scans incoming HTTP requests for known authentication patterns from common web apps and any custom detection locations that were configured. The service uses a privacy-preserving compromised credential checking protocol to compare a hash of the detected passwords to hashes of compromised passwords found in databases of leaked credentials. A new Radar graph on the worldwide Application LayerSecurity page provides visibility into aggregate trends around the detection of leaked credentials in authentication requests. Filterable by authentication requests from human users, bots, or all (human + bot), the graph shows the distribution requests classified as “clean” (no leaked credentials detected) and “compromised” (leaked credentials, as defined above, were used). At a worldwide level, we found that for the first week of March 2025, leaked credentials were used in 64% of all, over 65% of bot, and over 44% of human authorization requests. This suggests that from a human perspective, password reuse is still a problem, as is users not taking immediate actions to change passwords when notified of a breach. And from a bot perspective, this suggests that attackers know that there is a good chance that leaked credentials for one website or application will enable them to access that same user’s account elsewhere. As a complement to the leaked credentials data, Radar is also now providing a worldwide view into the share of authentication requests originating from bots. Note that not all of these requests are necessarily malicious — while some may be associated with credential stuffing-style attacks, others may be from automated scripts or other benign applications accessing an authentication endpoint. (Having said that, automated malicious attack request volume far exceeds legitimate automated login attempts.) During the first week of March 2025, we found that over 94% of authentication requests came from bots (were automated), with the balance coming from humans. Over that same period, bot traffic only accounted for 30% of overall requests. So although bots don’t represent a majority of request traffic, authentication requests appear to comprise a significant portion of their activity. [HEADING=2]Bots get a dedicated page[/HEADING] As a reminder, bot traffic describes any non-human Internet traffic, and monitoring bot levels can help spot potential malicious activities. Of course, bots can be helpful too, and Cloudflare maintains a list of verified bots to help keep the Internet healthy. Given the importance of monitoring bot activity, we have launched a new dedicated Bots page in the Traffic section of Cloudflare Radar to support these efforts. For both worldwide and location views over the selected time period, the page shows the distribution of bot (automated) vs. human HTTP requests, as well as a graph showing bot traffic trends. (Our bot score, combining machine learning, heuristics, and other techniques, is used to identify automated requests likely to be coming from bots.) Both the 2023 and 2024Cloudflare Radar Year in Review microsites included a “Bot Traffic Sources” section, showing the locations and networks that Cloudflare determined that the largest shares of automated/likely automated traffic was originating from. However, these traffic shares were published just once a year, aggregating traffic from January through the end of November. In order to provide a more timely perspective, these insights are now available on the new Radar Bots page. Similar to the new DDoS attacks content discussed above, the worldwide view includes a choropleth map and table illustrating the locations originating the largest shares of all bot traffic. (Note that a similar Traffic Characteristics map and table on the Traffic Overview page ranks locations by the bot traffic share of the location’s total traffic.) Similar to Year in Review data linked above, the United States continues to originate the largest share of bot traffic. In addition, the worldwide view also breaks out bot traffic share by AS, mirroring the treemap shown in the Year in Review. As we have noted previously, cloud platform providers account for a significant amount of bot traffic. At a location level, depending on the country/region selected, the top sources of bot traffic may be cloud/hosting providers, consumer/business network providers, or a mix. For instance, France’s distribution is shown below, and four ASNs account for just over half of the country’s bot traffic. Of these ASNs, two (AS16276 and AS12876) belong to cloud/hosting providers, and two (AS3215 and AS12322) belong to network providers. In addition, the Verified Bots list has been moved to the new Bots page on Radar. The data shown and functionality remains unchanged, and links to the old location will automatically be redirected to the new one. [HEADING=2]Summary[/HEADING] The Cloudflare dashboard provides customers with specific views of security trends, application and network layer attacks, and bot activity across their sites and applications. While these views are useful at an individual customer level, aggregated views at a worldwide, location, and network level provide a macro-level perspective on trends and activity. These aggregated views available on Cloudflare Radar not only help customers understand how their observations compare to the larger whole, but they also help the industry understand emerging threats that may require action. The underlying data for the graphs and data discussed above is available via the Radar API (Application Layer, Network Layer, Bots, Leaked Credentials). The data can also be interactively explored in more detail across locations, networks, and time periods using Radar’s Data Explorer and AI Assistant. And as always, Radar and Data Explorer charts and graphs are downloadable for sharing, and embeddable for use in your own blog posts, websites, or dashboards. Source: https://blog.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-radar-ddos-leaked-credentials-bots/

They’re more than likely targeting Xenforo forums as they’re joining a bunch of forums that are using the software. They make a new Account on one forum, then jump to another forum while using the same post/topic. It’s been on going for the past week or two.

Honestly, I’d create my own community and focus on driving the members from that community to the new forum. When an owner is inactive for that long, he’s just reaping the benefits from Google. However, if a new competitor is launched with better content and a better owner, it won’t last too long ranking high on Google. Especially with word of mouth growth, users linking to the new forum, etc. You have the opportunity to create something special and make it magical, I’d go for it!

It’s a decentralized network of independent social media servers that connect through a shared protocol called ActivityPub. This enables users to interact and share content seamlessly across different platforms, similar to how email works between various providers. https://www.theverge.com/24063290/fediverse-explained-activitypub-social-media-open-protocol https://www.twipemobile.com/what-is-the-fediverse-a-guide-for-publishers-and-the-uninitiated/ The Fediverse is a collection of interconnected social platforms communicating through a shared protocol called ActivityPub. This protocol allows users to interact seamlessly across different platforms. Imagine the freedom of liking, commenting on, and sharing content from your Mastodon account to someone’s Pixelfed post or a Lemmy discussion. The interoperability of the Fediverse opens up a new world where publishers are not locked into a single platform’s ecosystem. This shift represents a path for publishers to regain data sovereignty, engage with audiences directly, and reduce reliance on monolithic platforms whose opaque algorithms can significantly impact visibility and business outcomes. As ActivityPub adoption grows, so does the potential audience: the Fediverse is quickly evolving into an open and inclusive digital ecosystem connecting users, communities, and content creators worldwide.

Ghost, the blogging software has recently announced that they’re now entering the fediverse. [HEADING=2]The social web beta is here[/HEADING] You can now try out ActivityPub on Ghost(Pro) Today we're opening a public beta for our social web integration in Ghost. For the first time, any site on Ghost(Pro) can now try out ActivityPub. For those of you who have been subscribed to this newsletter for the past year or so, thanks for your patience! It hasn't been easy to get this far, but we're excited to hear what you think as you become one of our very first explorers to launch into the Fediverse. To help you get started, we've put together a detailed guide explaining how this new feature works, and what you can expect from using it in its current state. Take a quick read through everything here, as an introduction: Social web (beta) 💡Currently in public beta on Ghost(Pro) This feature is in active development, and is not yet complete. We’re welcoming early testers to give it a try and share their feedback, as we work on finalizing this experience for inclusion in Ghost 6.0. Since 2013, Ghost has made it Ghost Help Center Once you're ready to take ActivityPub for a test drive yourself, open Ghost Admin and head over to Settings → Labs and enable the beta. Source: https://activitypub.ghost.org/social-web-beta/

Your community is looking great! Keep up the good work. :D

I don't think team leaders are a thing of the past as it helps a community owner delegate tasks to another team lead. Which enables the owner to focus on other task while the team lead focuses on their own area. I'd say having team leaders is beneficial if your forum has a lot of offerings, such as, graphics, posting packages and more. Delegating a team leader strictly for marketing is also a good idea, it helps your forum at the same time too. It's best to bring on team leads that specialize in certain areas,

I agree. Most forums will probably see an uptick in visibility and traffic. However, Youtube creators, instagram and Tiktok may also see a boast as well. Especially in the videos and short videos section of search.

AI is all over social media. We have AI influencers, AI content, and AI accounts — and, now, it looks like we might get AI comments on Instagram posts, too. What are any of us doing this for anymore? App researcher Jonah Manzano shared a post on Threads and a video on TikTok showing how some Instagram users now notice a pencil with a star icon in their comments field, allowing them to post AI-generated comments under posts and videos. Write with Meta AI," the tool says, with two subsections: "how to use this tool" and "how it works." Under "how to use this tool," it says, "Get suggested captions based on the photo you're sharing. You can always edit the suggestions or try again." And under "how it works," it claims, "Meta AI can analyse photos, including facial features, to help you write." In the video on TikTok that Manzano shared, three comment options are: "Cute living room setup!" "love the casual vibe here," and "gray cap is so cool." Unfortunately, all three of these are clearly computer-generated slop and take an already shaky human interaction down a notch. It's hard to know why you'd want to remove the human element from every aspect of social media, but Instagram seems to be going to try it anyway. Meta did not immediately respond to Mashable's request for comment. Source: https://mashable.com/article/meta-test-instagram-ai-caption-comments

Went to the postal box to grab my new laptop. I’m currently setting it up.

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From https://thereasonforeverything.com/why-most-independent-content-creators-will-not-survive-the-next-5-years/ You feel it already, don’t you? You’re working twice as hard—more research, more hours, more strategy. Your content is better than ever. Yet instead of growing, you’re stagnating—or worse, losing ground. You push harder just to hit the numbers that came easily two years ago. And you’re not alone. Ask any independent creator—YouTubers, writers, graphic designers, TikTokers, musicians, voice actors, authors—and they’ll all tell you the same thing: “It’s just harder now.” They’ll blame oversaturation. They’ll blame the algorithm. They’ll blame the market, inflation, politics—anything but the truth. Not because they don’t know it. Because they don’t want to face it. What is that truth? AI is taking over independent content creation—not some of it, all of it. And it’s not happening slowly. [HEADING=1]The Proof: AI Is Consuming Independent Content Creation[/HEADING] It’s not speculation. It’s not a future problem. It’s happening right now. AI isn’t just changing content creation—it’s reshaping the entire landscape. Its speed and efficiency are impacting every industry that relies on creative work. Let’s look at the evidence. [HEADING=2]1. YouTube: AI Channels Are Outpacing Human Creators[/HEADING] AI-generated YouTube channels are flooding the platform, producing dozens of videos per day while human creators struggle to make one per week. Fully AI-generated faceless channels—using AI for scripting, voiceovers, animation, and thumbnails—are racking up millions of views at a fraction of the effort. In 2023, MrBeast, one of the biggest YouTubers in the world, warned that AI-generated content will replace most faceless creators within five years (X/Twitter, 2023). Real Case Examples: Companies like InVideo and AutoShorts are accelerating the shift toward AI-generated YouTube content, offering powerful tools that automate every aspect of video production. These platforms allow users to generate scripts, voiceovers, visuals, and even full-length videos with minimal manual effort—significantly reducing the time and cost of content creation. A 2024 Business Insider report highlighted how these AI-driven tools are enabling individuals to produce and monetize videos at an unprecedented scale, flooding the platform with AI-generated content that competes directly with human creators. Unlike traditional YouTube channels that require weeks of scripting, filming, and editing, AI-powered channels can produce and upload dozens of videos per day, dominating algorithmic visibility and engagement. Faceless AI content may be leading the charge, but it’s only the first stage of a much larger transformation. AI isn’t just automating content—it’s learning to engage with audiences in real time. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the rise of AI personalities like Neuro-sama. Programmed by Vedal and debuting on Twitch in December 2022, Neuro-sama interacts with viewers in real time, plays video games, and even sings during livestreams. Powered by a large language model, she dynamically responds to chat interactions, making her conversations eerily human-like. As of March 2025, Neuro-sama’s YouTube channel has amassed over 550,000 subscribers and millions of views—demonstrating that AI personalities are not just a novelty, but a viable and competitive force in digital entertainment. Neuro-sama is just the beginning. As AI-generated personalities become more advanced—capable of real-time emotional responses, lifelike animations, and personalized audience engagement—the distinction between human and AI creators will fade. AI is no longer just a tool for content production—it is becoming the content itself. [HEADING=2]2. Writing: AI Content Is Saturating Blogs and Books[/HEADING] AI-generated blog content is flooding the internet, outpacing human writers at an unsustainable rate. Google has confirmed that AI-written articles are ranking in search results, meaning SEO-driven blogging is already being automated away (Google Search Central, 2023). Amazon’s Kindle marketplace is being overwhelmed with AI-generated books, forcing human authors to compete against mass-produced, zero-effort content (Reuters, 2023). In response, Amazon introduced AI disclosure policies, requiring authors to label AI-generated content—a clear sign that the problem has already spiraled out of control (Amazon KDP, 2023). Real Case Examples: AI is no longer just assisting writers—it’s replacing them. Platforms like ChatGPT, Jasper, and Claude have made it possible to generate entire blog posts, articles, and even books in minutes. What once took hours of research, drafting, and editing can now be done at scale with minimal human input. A 2023 Reuters report highlighted a startling example of AI’s growing presence in book publishing: a man used ChatGPT and MidJourney to create a fully AI-generated children’s book—from concept to publication—in under 72 hours. The book, featuring AI-written text and AI-generated illustrations, was uploaded to Amazon KDP and immediately went on sale, bypassing traditional publishing constraints entirely. But it’s not just unknown self-publishers embracing AI—bestselling authors are getting caught using it too. In January 2025, romance novelist KC Crowne was exposed for using AI-generated writing in her latest book after readers discovered an unedited AI prompt left in the final text. The mistake ignited a firestorm of backlash, raising concerns about authenticity, ethics, and transparency in the writing industry. Facing pressure, Crowne issued an apology, but her book was swiftly removed from Amazon and Goodreads, and she ultimately deleted her Instagram account following the controversy (VaniaMargene.com, 2025). These examples highlight a critical shift in the writing world. As AI continues to refine its ability to mimic human storytelling, the distinction between authentic human creativity and AI-generated content will blur. Writing is no longer a craft reserved for skilled authors—it is now a process that anyone with an AI tool can automate. AI is no longer just a writing assistant—it is becoming the writer itself. [HEADING=2]3. Art & Graphic Design: AI Is Outproducing Human Artists[/HEADING] AI-generated artwork is flooding the market, undercutting human artists at an alarming rate. Tools like MidJourney and Stable Diffusion can generate high-quality images in seconds—eliminating the need for expensive commissioned work. Major companies are already replacing human illustrators with AI-generated art. In 2023, Netflix Japan released an animated short titled The Dog & The Boy, which featured AI-generated backgrounds, explicitly stating that the decision was made to avoid hiring human artists (Netflix Japan, 2023). Stock image sites are now accepting AI-generated submissions, leading to a surge of mass-produced, low-effort AI artwork that devalues original human creations. Real Case Examples: The reality is that today, AI can generate detailed, stylized artwork in a matter of seconds—and clients are taking notice. Businesses and content creators who once relied on commissioned illustrators are now turning to AI art tools that can produce professional-quality images instantly and at little to no cost. The commercialization of AI-generated art is already impacting professional artists. In 2022, an AI-generated piece titled “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” sparked controversy when it won first place in the Colorado State Fair’s digital art competition—beating human artists in a judged event (The Verge, 2022). The winning artwork was created using MidJourney, raising concerns over whether AI-generated pieces should be allowed to compete against human-created works. But this is just the beginning. By 2024, AI-generated art had infiltrated nearly every corner of the creative industry—from book covers to album artwork, from ad campaigns to film production. Some companies have cut ties with human illustrators entirely, opting instead to generate their own art through AI platforms. Meanwhile, stock image marketplaces that once showcased original human photography and illustrations are now oversaturated with AI-generated submissions, making it harder for human artists to sell their work. The trend is clear: AI isn’t just a tool for assisting artists—it’s replacing them. As AI-generated art continues to refine its ability to replicate human creativity, the distinction between handcrafted artistry and machine-generated images will blur. Art is no longer the sole domain of human vision and skill—AI is now the artist itself. [HEADING=2]4. Music & Voice Acting: AI Is Dismantling the Industry[/HEADING] AI-generated music is now so realistic that entire albums are being created without human artists. AI tools can generate fully produced songs—including lyrics, vocals, and instrumentals—without any human involvement. AI voice cloning is advancing so rapidly that video game studios are replacing professional voice actors with AI-generated performances. Instead of hiring new talent, companies are opting for AI-generated voices that can be adjusted, re-recorded, and localized instantly (Kotaku, 2023). Streaming platforms are struggling to manage an influx of AI-generated songs, making it increasingly difficult for real musicians to stand out in an oversaturated market. Real Case Examples: With AI now able to replicate vocal styles and compose music with near-human precision, the industry is undergoing a fundamental shift—one that is forcing musicians and voice actors to compete against flawless, infinitely scalable AI-generated performances. In April 2023, an AI-generated song titled “Heart on My Sleeve” stunned the music industry by using AI-generated vocals that perfectly mimicked the voices of Drake and The Weeknd—two of the biggest artists in the world (BBC, 2023). The song was uploaded to Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube, where it racked up millions of streams before being taken down. The viral success of “Heart on My Sleeve” exposed how easily AI can clone popular artists and raised concerns over copyright, royalties, and the future of human musicians in an era where anyone can generate a hit song with AI. But it’s not just music. AI voice cloning is rapidly changing the gaming and entertainment industries as well. In 2023, multiple game studios quietly began replacing professional voice actors with AI-generated performances—a move that allows companies to cut costs and avoid contractual obligations (Kotaku, 2023). AI voice models can generate, modify, and translate lines on demand, eliminating the need for lengthy recording sessions. While some companies frame this shift as a way to enhance production efficiency, many voice actors see it as a direct threat to their livelihoods. The implications are clear: AI isn’t just assisting musicians and voice actors—it’s replacing them. As AI-generated vocals become indistinguishable from real performances, the distinction between human artistry and machine-generated creativity will vanish. Music and voice acting are no longer exclusive to trained professionals—AI is now the artist, the singer, and the voice. [HEADING=2]5. The Final Blow: AI Is Getting Better Every Day[/HEADING] What makes this different from past technological shifts? Speed, scale, and scope. Unlike the transition from radio to TV or newspapers to digital media, AI isn’t just replacing a format—it’s replacing human effort itself. And it’s doing so at an exponential rate. AI writing models are already outperforming most entry-level freelancers. AI video content is advancing faster than anyone predicted. AI voice models are already replacing voice actors in gaming and animation. Independent content creators are no longer just competing with each other. They are competing with an intelligence that never sleeps, never tires, and never stops improving. But this isn’t just technological progress. It isn’t just another industrial shift. What we are witnessing is not just technological acceleration. It is the manifestation of a force far greater than any individual innovation—one that has shaped evolution, intelligence, and competition for millennia. It is called the Will to Power—the force that governs all existence, relentlessly driving everything toward its most optimized, efficient, and dominant state. This law is not a philosophy. It is not a theory. It is simply observable reality. Wherever life exists, wherever systems emerge, wherever competition takes place, the Will to Power is in motion—refining, evolving, and eliminating what can no longer keep up. The changes we are witnessing in content creation are a pristine example of this force in action. AI is the most refined manifestation of the Will to Power we have ever created. The Will to Power moves through AI just as it moves through everything else—compelling industries to evolve, systems to optimize, and inefficiencies to be culled. This is why AI is advancing at an exponential rate. This is why independent creators are struggling to survive. This is why the creative landscape of the future will look nothing like the one we know today. There is no stopping the Will to Power. There is no stopping this refinement. While this paints a bleak future for independent creators, it’s important to remember that I am one too. As an author and writer, I’m facing the same grim reality as anyone else reading this. I don’t write this from a place of detachment or superiority—I write it as someone standing shoulder to shoulder with every other independent creator. [HEADING=1]The Human Response[/HEADING] Since the Will to Power moves through everything—including human creators faced with this new reality—we are already seeing how it is shaping and refining the human response to AI’s takeover of content creation. But this is not mere resistance. As AI continues to refine itself at an unstoppable pace, human creators are being forced to evolve. They are not just reacting—they are adapting, competing, and, in some cases, learning to survive by working with AI. Books and Literature With AI-generated books flooding online marketplaces, authors are now fighting for visibility in an industry where readers can no longer be sure whether a book was written by a human or an algorithm. To counter this, a growing movement among publishers and authors is pushing for “Human Authored” labels to distinguish human-written books from AI-generated content. The Authors Guild, representing thousands of writers, has introduced a certification process that allows authors to verify their books as products of human creativity. Accredited authors can display a “Human Authored” logo on their book covers and promotional materials, signaling to readers that their work was created without AI assistance. This initiative is a direct reaction to the rise of AI-generated books overwhelming platforms like Amazon. By providing a clear distinction between human and AI-created works, the publishing industry is attempting to preserve the value of human creativity in an era where AI-generated content is becoming increasingly dominant. However, while the certification aims to protect human literature, its impact remains uncertain. Readers who prioritize price, availability, and convenience may not hesitate to choose AI-generated books over “certified human” ones—especially if AI content continues to improve in quality. In a world where the difference between human and AI writing becomes negligible to most readers, will the label even matter? Music and Entertainment As AI-generated music continues to flood streaming platforms, a growing number of artists and industry leaders are fighting to preserve the value of human-made music. One of the most significant efforts comes from the Human Artistry Campaign, an initiative designed to establish ethical standards for the use of AI in the music industry. Backed by major music organizations and independent artists alike, the campaign argues that AI should serve as a tool to support human creativity rather than replace it. The campaign promotes several core principles, including the right of artists to control how their voices, styles, and likenesses are used—ensuring that AI cannot be used to clone musicians without consent. It also advocates for clear labeling of AI-generated music so that audiences can distinguish between human-made and machine-produced works. This initiative is a direct response to the recent wave of AI-generated songs uploaded to platforms like Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Music—some of which have gone viral by mimicking famous artists. In a highly publicized case, an AI-generated track titled “Heart on My Sleeve” replicated the voices of Drake and The Weeknd, amassing millions of streams before being forcibly removed. The backlash forced streaming platforms to start cracking down on AI-generated music, reinforcing the growing need for ethical guidelines. By establishing industry-wide standards and demanding greater transparency, the Human Artistry Campaign is working to preserve the legitimacy of human musicians in an era of synthetic music production. However, one fundamental question remains. Will audiences value authenticity enough for these efforts to make a lasting difference? If AI-generated music sounds just as good—if not better—than human-made compositions, will consumers still care who (or what) created it? Video Content and YouTube Creators As AI-generated videos become increasingly common, both platforms and individual creators are taking steps to maintain transparency and protect human-made content. YouTube has introduced policies requiring creators to disclose when their content includes AI-generated elements, such as voice cloning or deepfakes. Videos featuring synthetic media must now be labeled, ensuring that audiences can distinguish between AI-generated and human-created material. At the same time, content creators themselves are pushing back. A group of bloggers and influencers launched the “Keep it Real” campaign, which advocates for authenticity in digital content and aims to prevent unauthorized AI replication of creators’ work. However, while some creators are fighting to preserve human creativity, others are adapting by monetizing AI’s rise. Companies like Troveo now offer content creators the ability to sell their unused footage for AI training purposes, allowing them to profit from material that would otherwise go unused. But at what cost? This strategy allows creators to profit from AI—but also accelerates their own obsolescence. Training AI today means strengthening the very system that may one day replace them. What starts as a side income stream could eventually become the foundation of their irrelevance. These responses highlight the growing divide among digital creators. Some are working to protect human-authored content, while others are finding ways to profit from AI’s expansion. Whether human authenticity will hold value in a market increasingly dominated by synthetic, ever-improving content remains an open question. [HEADING=1]The Road Ahead[/HEADING] While the responses to AI’s incursion into creative spaces take positive steps to preserve the livelihood of independent creators, they are all reactionary—they didn’t emerge until the problem was already too big to ignore. This means they are already fighting from behind. This is what happens when people are blind to the Will to Power. Because of this ignorance, the measures taken to protect individual creators are not strategic, but desperate—more like throwing darts at a board than delivering a precision strike. After all, how can you guard against something you don’t fully understand? AI may be the “how” of this disruption, but the Will to Power is the “why.” AI is not an isolated disruption—it is the latest, most visible manifestation of a force that has always shaped competition, evolution, and survival. Those who fail to see this will remain stuck in reaction mode, forever trying to recover from the next wave of refinement. The content creators who study and understand the Will to Power will be the ones who navigate and survive in the new creative landscape. Instead of blindly reacting, they will know where to direct their energy and why their actions will be effective. Those who fail to see it will continue to chase trends, trying to figure out what they’re doing wrong—until they are inevitably refined out of existence. Those who grasp its patterns will see what’s coming before it hits them, and they’ll move with refinement instead of being crushed by it. This is why I wrote The Reason for Everything. To show you the Will to Power in all things. How its simple behavior governs not only the evolution of AI and the content production industry, but also human behavior, nature, and everything else. The Reason for Everything won’t introduce some new, mystical ideal—it will simply reveal a force that has always been there and show you how to recognize it.

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Asking questions that are relevant to the main topic are one of the key strategies to building an engaging forum as it helps users to stay engaged. It’s a nice building block to keep active users around. I tend to use this strategy a lot, especially when I’m onboarding new members.

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