[artpi]

> There is so much stuffing for a simple idea that I'm not sure if this piece deserves its own title, but I'll give it the benefit of the doubt.

Frankly I had the same thought writing it :D

It's more of a stake in the ground sort of a thing I guess? What I really want is somebody saying "hey, there is an open standard already here" so I can use it.

[nonrandomstring]

The idea has some legs, but they are weak for the many reasons pointed out to me by fair criticism of "digital veganism". The main one is that labelling is one small part of quality. Tijmen Schep in his 2016 "Design My Privacy" [1] proposed some really cool ideas around quality and trustworthiness labelling of IoT/mobile devices, but ran into the same issues. Responsibility ultimately lies with the consumer, and so long as consumers remain uneducated as to why low quality is harmful, and cannot verify the provenance of what they consume or the harmful effects, nothing will change.

Right now we seem to be at the stage of "It's just McDonald's/KFC for data - junk food is convenient, cheap and not a problem - therefore mass production generative content won't be a problem".

The food analogy is powerful, but has limits, and I urge you to dig into Digital Vegan [2] if you want to take it further.

[1] https://www.tijmenschep.com/design-my-privacy/

[2] https://digitalvegan.net

[felideon]

By contrast, I enjoyed the entire piece, read another one of your posts, and subscribed to your newsletter.