Everything old is new again. As long as there have been bars, there have been sleezy men lying to impress women in bars.
Comment on Men Use Fake Livestream Apps With AI Audiences to Hit on Women
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Title is misleading: they seem to be succeeding at it, not just “hitting on” women. Its alarming, not just sad and disgusting.
GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Ilandar@aussie.zone 6 months ago
I’m not sure about that. The only examples given in the article of this actually “working” were from people directly advertising the product. The women in the videos are quite likely to be associates or paid actors, as is the case with most of this stuff on social media. The whole concept of the product relies on the misogynistic myth that women only care about money and/or fame, so to assume the app itself is actually working is kind of implying that you believe there is some truth to that myth.
MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Here’s hoping you’re right.
shufflerofrocks@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Genuiney disheartening that this shit is re-surfacing again. I remember this sentiment going about around a decade ago, and then subsiding. Now it’s resurfacing. Every generation loves to repeat the mistakes of it’s past