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If you share your work on social media, make sure to lace it with a dose of Nightshade or other AI-poisoning solutions. Otherwise you are simply giving your work away on a silver platter.
As much as I like imgur I don't trust such "gather up everybody!" events. At least in these strange times.
AdHominemIsTheBestHominem
Theme days are a failing attempt to make imgur interesting again by getting people to post about things they're not angry about.
GaoHaus
Most def netting training data for the measly prize of a 'trophy'.
nightshade and glaze can take a while to process and apply, so at minimum, stick a watermark on everything.
AtsaMattaForMe
Amanda55andcows
I never know what the theme of the day is until late in the evening. It's not like there's an announcement page or any instructions. I guess somehow I'm just supposed to know, but it's all rather stupid and confusing. I have learned that if there are sea slugs, someone wants to block me from knowing something. So those get down voted every time.
Fyreworx
that and they're pumping so many of the new community days because it's the only way they can force engagement to a meaningful level.
CouldntCakeLess
Do they work? I'm getting the impression of numbers going down since the last three years.
Fyreworx
not well enough likely given the amount of bots around these days. Wish i could find the data again but i saw something that said imgur had lost about 80% of it's user base.
CouldntCakeLess
Wouldn't be surprised if that actually happened.
TheSilverSeraph
Just looking at the upvote count tells the story. Even a below average poster like me could get 5000 points for a well received post. The stars could get well over 10k easily. Now, a really good post is lucky to get 1K upvotes.
UserSub used to be an endless stream every time you refreshed. Now, there can be no new posts for ages
SloppyPotter
bring back the nsfw and lets train this AI the right way
ihatedmyoldusername
skip the ai and bring back the nsfw
GaoHaus
that will definitely bring back engagement, and I will happily do my part to supply some fresh goodies