Friday, July 03, 2020
Old frustration
This is a very old frustration, shared for centuries by authors and artists and teachers, whether professional or semipro.
The best output is ignored, while routine crap is read and bought.
I first noticed it in the '80s when I was teaching at DeVry. My best and most organized lectures got yawns from the students, while my hastily assembled drones after a sleepless drunken night seemed to engage the students fully.
The same frustration occurs now in the "reads" by bots. For a couple weeks the bots were "reading" elsewhere, now they're back. Some of them repeatedly pick up a few old items that were trivial and meaningless, not worth reading once let alone hundreds of times. Some of them carefully "see" only the rants and carefully "avoid" the items I put some thought and passion into.
Latest picture:
They're "reading" my dissident rants, which are emotional and ephemeral and momentary. They're ignoring my creative animations and tutorials and thoughts about Duty. Their selection is perfect, so I doubt that they're simply scanning keywords.
In fairness, I do seem to have two or three human readers who pay attention to the good stuff. YOU ARE APPRECIATED!
They're "reading" my dissident rants, which are emotional and ephemeral and momentary. They're ignoring my creative animations and tutorials and thoughts about Duty. Their selection is perfect, so I doubt that they're simply scanning keywords.
In fairness, I do seem to have two or three human readers who pay attention to the good stuff. YOU ARE APPRECIATED!Labels: Bemusement, TMI
¶ 6:31 AM
