(08-26-2023, 01:02 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: I put this thread up here just over two weeks ago and it finally showed up on ATS today. Lately, I've posted identical threads on both forums so no one misses out, but this shows me how lame it's getting over on the other side. In fact, I purposely posted this thread here without posting it on the other side, just to see if anyone else would post it there.
This subject being the type that ATS was once known for, I felt it was a good subject to conduct such a s test. Actually, I'm surprised anyone did post this thread over there as I figured it had gotten that lame at ATS, so maybe there is some hope, I'm not feeling it though.
Perhaps there are just fewer people using these bulletin board-style discussion forums or maybe the strange, unexplained, and paranormal subjects are not as popular nowadays, or politics have dominated all social media to the exclusion of these types of stories. It has been going downhill for years in my opinion.
I think it may a bit of "all of the above" in the last paragraph. I fell in love with TOS by reading posts about ancient civilizations, regular, massive posts written about my favorite topics. I would log on in the early days, see if Slayer posted anything, and then log out if nothing new came up.
Then the mud pit because the entire site. In their defense, most bulletin board places are equally polluted with toxic vomit.
But I present a 3rd option, one that I personally struggle with. All of my years in the rabbit hole, on ATS, in the deep dungeons of the internet, I still don't have the answers. My curiosity hasn't decreased, rather, a steady rise of AI and incredible software for creating content has turned me into a bitter rock... I can't, and don't, believe anything I "see" anymore. It used to be subtle edits, crafty camera angles, and the "I need to see the raw video" discussions. Now? I can see a deep fake, AI generated video that looks better than 90's TV. It's very disheartening.
