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anyone know why these photos have random paperclip/clippy icons?
by stevehawk 11mo ago
anyone know why these photos have random paperclip/clippy icons?
- slicktux 11mo agoProbably OPs’ version of watermark..?
- Archonical 11mo agoWatermarks usually have branding to indicate ownership. Two distinct 3D paperclip overlays don't seem like watermarks and JonNYC doesn't use them in all photos he's posted on his thread on Bluesky. They don't even seem to serve as visual cues.
- dmbche 11mo agoNot sure but first thought was part of the right to repair movement having adopted clippy as a mascot/logo (louis rossman)
- echelon 11mo agoThey use clippy, not paperclips. Specifically the cartoon stock art clippy from the original video essay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ Notice how almost all the comments on that video bear the clippy icon. It's spreading everywhere. Twitter, Reddit, Instagram ...
- numpad0 11mo ago[flagged]
- echelon 11mo agoThe most "2020s internet" tldw ever: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R-qrjJr5Ets https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R-qrjJr5Ets Despite the "internetedness" of this, it's a pretty concise summary. I'm actually really proud of these kids for doing this. It probably won't amount to much, but they're increasingly conscious of and vocal about the problems caused by Big Tech.
- numpad0 11mo ago...tldw? Seriously. Or could you timestamp it? I can't find attentionmaxxed flicks as attention grabbing. It fills up my attention receptors and my brain marks them as done literally 1-2 seconds in with generated mental summaries.
- harshreality 11mo agoSeriously, watch at least half of Louis Rossman's video in the GGGP post. It's worth the 2 minutes at 2x speed it'll take (4mins at 1x speed). You won't get the spirit of the thing quite the same if you don't hear him explain it. It's a signal of disgust and rebellion against modern evil that companies do — they abuse attention, data-mine, etc. The clippy mascot represents something that, in contrast, may have been dumb and annoying, but was not actively evil. "Clippy just wanted to help."
- j4coh 11mo agoI tried watching, it’s something to do with brainrot content? I’m not really sure I get it. I’m not entirely sure I watched the intended video.
- harshreality 11mo agoYou watched the youtube short? Do you know who Rossmann is? He wasn't in the youtube short. That should've been a hint. GGGP = great-great-grandparent = 4 levels up; the short was 2 levels up.
- program_whiz 11mo agoThe TLDW : In the 90s clippy was a symbol of a friendly product feature that wanted to help you do one thing (but you could opt out). Clippy wasn't stealing your data, serving you ads, or anything malicious, it just wanted to help you do one specific thing (e.g. write a letter). The clippy movement is about sending a message to big tech that we don't appreciate ads in our start menu, having our data scraped and sold, being forced into dark patterns, having AI try to take jobs and/or destroy industry, blatant theft of work, etc. Basically, "make computers friendly again".
- HeyLaughingBoy 11mo agoAnd yet, at the time, everyone (at least devs) hated Clippy!
- cncjchsue7 11mo agoI liked clippy. You could make him dance.
- account42 11mo agoYeah, Clippy was one of the early examples of infantilization and annoying anthromorphization in software, no better than the "cutesy" error messages or engagement popups that plague us today. It should be an example of what not to do but I guess nostalgia is a powerful drug.
- fennecbutt 11mo agoI don't think that it's spreading anymore. At least from what I've seen. Thr thing about the general public is that they're apathetic, they can't boycott their way out of a paper bag.
- stephen_g 11mo agoIf it's not an unusual watermark, perhaps it's to confuse AI classifiers?
- randomtoast 11mo agoIt could be a size reference.