what's wrong with cartoon avatars...? im not sure i follow

Where did I say something was wrong with them?

I do think it is worth questioning why an entire thread is filled specifically and exclusively with cartoon character avatars. Pick a thread, pretty much any thread on bsky with 20+ replies and I believe you'll have trouble reproducing these results. I have had trouble finding one.

Feel free to locate some and point them out to me. Let me know how many threads it took you to find one. I am genuinely curious.

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iamnothere 3 hours ago | parent [-]

My guess is they are hobby artists who think that AI and piracy are the only things preventing them from making it big. There’s more of these out there than you would think.

If you look at the quality of their avatars it becomes clear why they aren’t making money as artists.

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sixothree 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I didn't quite want to say it myself since I've been so negative sometimes lately. But it was something I noticed and picking a random profile to view was pretty stomach turning.

But I get there is backlash. Not everyone lives in the bubble HN does. Not even everyone here is accepting of AI. I don't even know where I stand many times. But something feels off about this response. It's certainly looking brigaded.

On my home feed was another AI announcement. Few comments. Zero hate. And I definitely expected more there.

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Macha 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Paint.NET is (partially) art software. The art community has a negative view of AI. Therefore announcements of AI use in Paint.NET get a negative reaction, more so than something like AI startup #491000

	▲	iamnothere 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I see your point, but I always got the impression that Paint.NET was a barebones image/photo editor for power users. Typically something full featured like Photoshop, Krita, or Illustrator would be more in the art software camp, IMHO. A basic AM/FM radio does receive radio, but you wouldn’t lump it in with a Yaesu or even a Baofeng. I’m just surprised to see so many strong opinions from people who probably don’t even use the software (although they pretend they do).