Censorship

[ysabetwordsmith]

This year I've spotted multiple events and venues doing Three Weeks for Dreamwidth that are also banning Harry Potter and generative AI content. If someone wants to do this in their own event or venue, that's their choice. But when they do it in a way that makes it seem like a parameter of Three Weeks for Dreamwidth as a whole, that is not true and not okay. The one core activity of Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is blogging every day, on ANY topic.


If you enjoy Harry Potter canon and/or fanworks, that is fine. Reading doesn't make you a bad person. Nobody has a right to tell you not to read things; that's a shitty thing to do. Here are some Harry Potter communities on Dreamwidth. You can also use the Addme communities to find other fans.

Some people like generative AI. Others don't. Certainly it is causing problems. But if you can't post AI content, then you can't provide examples of why it is bad! Or talk about things that LLMs seem to be good at. Censorship fucks up scientific progress. So talk about the things, regardless of your opinions about them, and provide examples if you can. Some the AI art is "don't read with mouth full" hilarious. See ai_highlights, or explore general computer communities like computerworld.