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[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] SerialExperimentsGay@hexbear.net 3 points 11 hours ago

Depends on who we're talki g about, but in a lot of cases things like artist, streamer, essayist, journalist or podcaster fit better.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are about to kick off an even more annoying debate about what is art and what isn't.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AI has solved "what is art" debates. Just point at the best image out of an image generator and the worst crafted anime picture by a 13 year old from deviantart. Art is the thing that's better about the latter.

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Walter Benjamin did it 100 years ago. I love that the kids are taking about Aura in the slop age. But the real question is, "Is podcasting art?".

[–] miz@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Yeah but this is intentionally a very general question post, inclusive to all sorts of media, so using a term for a wide category makes sense.

Calling an individual a content creator is usually weird of course.

Reply is to the text you removed, haven't consumed the linked content (jk) yet.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago

sorry, I figured why keep my rambling in there. but yeah I'm not sure what general term would work better