As described in section 11.11.B of the BIFFUD Corporate Bylaws I hereby invoke
my rights as a sentient being who has not uploaded their mind to the cloud for consideration of this project application by the BIFFUD Hive Mind. With this
application I submit my interest in becoming a Member of BIFFUD and having this
project supported and adored by all who can 🤔.
Project Information
Project Name: Suggested poems for Gmail
Project Haiku:
gmail can suggest
bland responses, how about
a poem instead
Project Analogy: Like Spotify for whimsy.
Project Description
The year is 2019. Human communication is reduced to clicking between three short phrases recommended by algorithms. One man dares to suggest lines of poetry instead. His weapon? A Chrome extension. His mission? Art, I guess.
Bylaw Questions
How is this project a bad idea?
Why on Earth would real people replace a useful part of their email app with an untrusted third party "extension" (whatever that is) that randomly shows lines of stilted, antiquarian poetry?
If this project were a D&D Character, what alignment would it be and why?
Chaotic Good
Where are the lulz?
Ever wanted to respond to spam with "From her brave face his glowing fires are beat?" A newsletter with "When, dear maid, I love thee, though I know thee not?" How about a receipt with "She herself a youthful rose?"
How does this project make people thinking face emoji?
It questions the unoriginality of pre-written language, and the paths pre-planned by algorithmic suggestions.
I HEREBY INVOKE MY RIGHTS...
As described in section 11.11.B of the BIFFUD Corporate Bylaws I hereby invoke my rights as a sentient being who has not uploaded their mind to the cloud for consideration of this project application by the BIFFUD Hive Mind. With this application I submit my interest in becoming a Member of BIFFUD and having this project supported and adored by all who can 🤔.
Project Information
Project Description
The year is 2019. Human communication is reduced to clicking between three short phrases recommended by algorithms. One man dares to suggest lines of poetry instead. His weapon? A Chrome extension. His mission? Art, I guess.
Bylaw Questions
How is this project a bad idea?
Why on Earth would real people replace a useful part of their email app with an untrusted third party "extension" (whatever that is) that randomly shows lines of stilted, antiquarian poetry?
If this project were a D&D Character, what alignment would it be and why?
Chaotic Good
Where are the lulz?
Ever wanted to respond to spam with "From her brave face his glowing fires are beat?" A newsletter with "When, dear maid, I love thee, though I know thee not?" How about a receipt with "She herself a youthful rose?"
How does this project make people thinking face emoji?
It questions the unoriginality of pre-written language, and the paths pre-planned by algorithmic suggestions.
Who is involved?
Who will be the project's Comptroller?
Money, what money?
Is this realistic to implement via BIFFUD?
I already did it.
Next Steps
How (often) will you be providing updates to the organization?
Every so often.