1. I'm really curious as to what's the desired outcome here? A spambot to flood people's notifications?

2. I'll admit that I have absolutely no idea how Instagram's API layer (and protection) works but wouldn't capturing the HTTP calls a more appropriate and easier approach to take?

I absolutely understand and agree. As I said, I understand the underlying reason.

The silly part is the brigading - issues should be adressed on their own merits. The specific GH issue, and some of the comments therein, make the whole crowd they're affiliated with look bad. (imho)

It takes 5 minutes to search for "regression" on the issue page and go through the 17 results. There are potentially even more on the tracker used prior to github.

I think this behavior is very silly and people are just trying to justify their hate to AI by latching onto every possible thing, seemingly forgetting that before AI people did mistakes as well.

If you have proof that AI involvement in rsync has lead to a significant increase in open issues please show it to me - I'll be happy to change my mind.

It is my understanding that BAM took direct ownership of the local store and therefore the small claims case was also directed against them, but at the moment I can't find where I've heard that so I'm not 100% sure.

Here's a video from the previous owners explaining their story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedmOopRTm0

- At 3:06 they explicitly acknowledge the consignment and state they will be taking it over

- At 13:15 the CEO says he never had the LEGOs in the store and then is confronted with screenshots of said LEGOs from their official Facebook pages

- At 23:05 the new owner that took over the store (and also the LEGOs) first says he doesn't know about any LEGOs, then he says that he wasn't the one to sign the consignment and therefore doesn't have to give them back

- At 47:42 the same guy confirms again they have the LEGOs, tries to argue about the definition of theft and says that he won't give them back. (quoting "who cares if it's theft or not")

- At 49:46 the same guy admits again that he has the LEGOs and he promises to give them back if the actual owner provides him an apology and removes the negative reviews.

- At 1:00:45 corporate says "I'm not gonna distribute those things at this point. We've kept them on hold for this long so"

The statements made by the company are simply untrue. And the guy who lost the LEGO sets (worth 100k$ btw) is directly working with the "bloggers" because they're his last avenue. He's also incredibly grateful to them because thanks to them he at least ended up winning in small claims court.

The youtuber Reckless Ben has recently covered the story and spearheaded a campaign of "provocative journalism" against the store[0]. Regardless of whether you support the way in which he goes about things, his video explains the story in much greater detail, and enormously expands on the malpractice of Bricks and Minifigs and the local police department.

Here are some bulletpoints in case you do not care to watch Part 1 + Part 2:

- Bricks and Minifigs explicitly threatened both the previous owners of the store and the original owner of the collection with lengthy legal battles

- The owner of the collection tried going the legal route but was quoted prices that he couldn't afford, so youtube was his last resort

- Bricks and Minifigs CEO publicly admitted of having the collection, being aware of the issue, and not wanting to give it back, while at the same time trying to run PR campaigns denying the allegations.

- BAM leadership went out of its way to create legal trouble for Reckless Ben, involving the police and fabricating false evidence about him

- The local police went out of its way to legally stop Ben, arrest him without probable cause, try to plant Heroin on his car, and even *ended up swatting his house*, dislocating his shoulder.

- All of this while the police department illegally scrubbed any incriminating evidence from the bodycam recordings they were obligated to provide.

This is an *insane* story that doesn't get enough credit. It not only exposes the inefficacy of (parts of) the American justice system, but also the enormous level of corruption and abuse of power of the American police (and tangentially the Mormon community)

I really recommend watching both videos. I promise you it's even more insane than it sounds like.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wscQpkcwgNU

> art (noun) - the making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that express feelings

Gatekeeping the definition by excluding certain tools from being used in the creative process feels very silly to me.

Especially when it comes to detailed outputs or non-standard prompts.

I do believe it will get even better - not sure it will happen within a year but I wouldn't be incredibly surprised if it did.

Let's not assume different people find the same parts of the process enjoyable.

I share your sentiment and I agree we should be more mindful of people with metered/slow connections, but the last statement feels blown out of proportion.