Reddit Is Putting Up a Login Wall. Wikipedia Won’t Be Far Behind.
Reddit is making most of the site logged-in only after Google's AI answers cut its search traffic. A paid login might be worth it. A free one isn't.
Tag: Social Media
Building a presence online without losing your mind or your time. LinkedIn, profiles, personal branding, and a clear-eyed look at which platforms are worth it. Plus why a book beats a thousand posts for real authority.
AIChina Is Using Bots to Fan the Data Center Backlash. The Backlash Is Still Real.
China-linked networks have been caught posing as Americans to push anti-data-center messages. OpenAI and X both found them, and both found they got little traction, because most Americans already oppose data centers nearby.
AIAI Labels on TikTok and Meta Are Flagging Human Work
Platforms now stamp AI labels on posts automatically, and they're catching human artwork, sofa pillows and writing. Here's why the labels misfire, why the appeals seem to be decided by machines, and what authors can do about it.
AIFan Art Copied by AI: Glass Houses, Copyright and the Pile-On
A fan artist found her painting of two DC superheroes copied with AI. Here is what copyright protects in fan art, why a lawsuit rarely works, and how the thread turned on the one person who disagreed.
AI“You’re Not a Real Author”: The Pile-On Over AI-Assisted Books
A writer admitted his AI-assisted pen-name books outsold his own work, and a writing group told him he was no author, had no ethics and would have his name spread offline. Authorship belongs to whoever owns the book, whatever tools…
Book MarketingHumor in Book Marketing: Getting Attention Without Begging
A Buy My Books flowchart works because it says the ask out loud and lets readers laugh with you. Here is mine, what has sold my books over the years, and how to build your own.
Critique GroupsWhy Are Writing Groups So Hostile?
You'd think writers would be kind to each other. Writing groups are some of the cruelest rooms online. Why rejection, fear and status drive it, why the polite groups don't help either, and what a good group looks like.
AEOQuora Sucks: How the Smartest Room on the Internet Became an AI Answer Farm
Quora used to be the smartest room on the internet, with real experts answering under their real names. Then it paid writers like me for questions, cut that pay to almost nothing, cut its moderators, filled up with AI answers…
AI WritingFacebook Writing Groups Suck: Where Writers Go to Get Torn Apart
Big Facebook writing groups promise help and deliver pile-ons. A beginner asks an honest question and gets insulted, an author asks for a cover vote and gets called a thief, and any mention of AI starts a brawl. Here's why…
AlgorithmsSocial Media Sucks: Your Friends Left the Feed and the Algorithm Moved In
Only 17 percent of time on Facebook goes to friends' posts now, by Mark Zuckerberg's own testimony. My reach slid for years and then fell off a cliff everywhere at once. Here's why social media sucks, what fills the feed,…
ADHDHypnotized by Social Media: The Feed Was Built So You’d Never Look Up
Social media feeds hold attention the way a hypnotist holds a subject: steady rhythm, no stopping point, and a reward just often enough to keep you under. The people who built them said so, and in 2026 a jury agreed.…
AEOReddit Sucks: Volunteers Write It, Bots Fake It, and AI Companies Buy It
Reddit runs on unpaid volunteers, sells what its users write to Google and OpenAI, and has turned into a target for bots and marketers because AI search cites it more than almost any other site. Here's why it sucks, and…