Re:I Don't Like Smartphones (2016)
by wartijn_ on Monday February 14, 2022 @01:21PM
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Smartphones count as creation machines because people create content on them. If you take a look at Tiktok, Instagram or many of the other social networks, you'll see countless pieces of content that are created by smartphones each day.
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Re:I Don't Like Smartphones (2016)
by selfhoster11 on Monday February 14, 2022 @02:05PM
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I fail to see how you addressed any of what I said. The comment that I wrote this in reply to literally made the same point as your comment.
If you got that form that comment, I don't understand your first comment. It's clear to you that smartphones are being used to create content, but you still think they aren't content creation devices, because they lack precision?
If content creation devices aren't the devices that create content, then what are they?
Re:I Don't Like Smartphones (2016)
by selfhoster11 on Monday February 14, 2022 @03:52PM
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> If content creation devices aren't the devices that create content, then what are they?
I think that's a very good question. It's clear that devices like that are useful for some form of content creation, but I'm don't know if the term to refer to them has been coined or not.
Intuitively, they don't seem to fit in the category we used to call "content creation", since that nearly always was synonymous with creation+precision, rather than "any kind of creation".
They can be used to create exactly three kinds of content: photos, audio recordings and videos. Yay.
Have fun writing a novel, designing a presentation, remixing a song or making a video game on a smartphone.
I hate to sound like a nostalgic fart, but remember when content creation meant making never seen before flash games and animations, or long video content instead of 5 seconds jokes and girls dancing half nakedly?