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Adobe deletes Bluesky posts after backlash

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553 points bookofjoe | 9 comments | 11 Apr 25 14:01 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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simonw ◴[11 Apr 25 15:29 UTC] No.43654967[source]▶
Yeah, they posted this:

> Hey, we're Adobe! We're here to connect with the artists, designers, and storytellers who bring ideas to life. What's fueling your creativity right now?

> Drop a reply, tag a creator, or share your latest work—we'd love to see what inspires you!

That's such a bland, corporate message. It feels totally inauthentic. Do Adobe (a corporation) really "love to see what inspires you" or do they just want engagement for their new account?

I'm not surprised in the slightest that it triggered a pile-on.

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1. WatchDog ◴[12 Apr 25 01:15 UTC] No.43660425[source]▶
It’s so bland I don’t understand why it elicited any response at all.
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2. philipmnel ◴[12 Apr 25 02:40 UTC] No.43660851[source]▶
The general mood on Bluesky is very opposed to AI, especially AI art. Since Adobe now has AI integrated into their products, people on Bluesky hate them.
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4. dlivingston ◴[12 Apr 25 05:45 UTC] No.43661668[source]▶
There is an off-putting sort of attitude on BlueSky ("sneering mockery", I guess?). Same attitude was present on Twitter during the pre-Musk era and seems to have migrated over.
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6. int_19h ◴[13 Apr 25 00:49 UTC] No.43669131{3}[source]▶
There's plenty of that on Mastodon, as well. I think it's the format itself that encourages this kind of "community".
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7. alpaca128 ◴[13 Apr 25 01:07 UTC] No.43669195[source]▶
From what I've seen Bluesky is kind of the Twitter for artists who dislike AI and don't want their art scraped by Twitter. That one of the most hated companies in the art space decided to appear there too was obviously not going to be received well.
8. rsynnott ◴[13 Apr 25 08:56 UTC] No.43671225[source]▶
Also, Adobe is in a weird place where it has a bunch of users who basically have to use its stuff, but _absolutely hate it_ due to its conduct over the last decade or so. Like, being annoyed with Adobe predates generative AI.
9. dlivingston ◴[13 Apr 25 17:28 UTC] No.43674361{4}[source]▶
I think it's the format combined with some particular type of demographic (I'm not entirely sure what that demographic is).

X, for example, doesn't have much of that. It has its own flavor of toxicity, which is in many ways worse, but not that particular flavor of toxic.

I also see it on Reddit in certain subreddits but not in others.