OKCINDR POST #3

[expiationmods]

Ever wanted to have CR with a character and wasn't sure how to get them to cross paths? Wanted a dating app so you can hook up with hot people? Wanted to just find friends because you're a lonely bastard?

With the update of the tablets and the apps, we now have a dating / friendship app called OKCINDR! Players can use it as they please for the two months that it's up -- just imagine that they're profiles to swipe right on and everything. The idea is to encourage CR that may be difficult to get with characters who may or may not be interested in events / posts / logs / other network posts.

So, on September 3rd, characters randomly look back at their tablets to see the following:

OKCINDR PROFILE RESET #3
PLEASE RESET PROFILE

This month, if players reset their profile, they will have a list of...questions...to answer:

What do you look for in a "relationship?"
Do you see through time?
When you stare into the void, is it the correct universe's infinite abyss that stares back?
Please define: existential crisis
How do you justify the color pink?
Does the data not corrupt exquisitely
Do do do does does does ththth e
Does the
Does the
Dies
data
done one one zero one

Additionally, this month, misfires on the meme are much more likely, whether it's a character who wouldn't post their own profile, or comments on other top levels.

Players, of course, are able to ignore this message. However, if a character wouldn't fill it out but a player would like to participate... the profile mysteriously resets itself. There may even be responses sent from Character A to Character B without Character A actually doing anything, if you'd like! This is a completely opt-in scenario! But for players who would like to participate fill out the post:

network profile

Character_Name

@username

ABOUT_ME

CODING

<lj-raw><div style="width:280px;margin:0 auto;background:#fff;box-shadow:1px 1px 4px 1px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);border-bottom:4px solid #587AC0;border-radius:4px;overflow:hidden;line-height:1.7;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;"> <!--HEADER--> <div style="text-align:center;background:#587AC0;padding:5px 0 5px 10px;display:flex;align-items:center;color:#fff;font-size:25px;font-family:georgia,serif;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-1px;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/wmn8wYK.png" style="filter:invert(1);margin:0 5px 0 0;">network profile</div> <!--PFP--> <div style="height:220px;overflow:hidden;"> <img src="URL HERE" style="width:100%;height:auto;"> </div> <!--USER INFO--> <div style="border-bottom:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);padding:10px 5px;margin:0 10px;font-size:13px;line-height:1.2;"> <b style="color:#587AC0;">Character_Name</b> <div style="color:#999;">@username</div> </div> <!--BLURB--> <div style="padding:15px;max-height:160px;overflow:auto;box-sizing:border-box;color:#222;"> ABOUT_ME </div> </div><div style="margin:3px auto 0 auto;width:280px;font-size:8px;letter-spacing:1px;text-align:right;"><a href="https://tessisamess.insanejournal.com/155095.html" style="color:#999;text-decoration:none;">CODING</a></div></lj-raw>

If you'd like to for shits and giggles, here's some notifications that may be used:

Name (@username) followed you

<lj-raw><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333;"> <img src="ICON_URL" style="height:33px;width:33px;background:#587AC0;border-radius:100%;padding:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0 -8px 0 0;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zhQOLFl.png" style="margin:0 5px -15px 0;height:17px;position:relative;"> Name (@username) followed you </div></lj-raw>

Name (@username) unfollowed you

<lj-raw><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333;"> <img src="ICON_URL" style="height:33px;width:33px;background:#587AC0;border-radius:100%;padding:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0 -8px 0 0;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/4FkVwag.png" style="margin:0 5px -15px 0;height:17px;"> Name (@username) unfollowed you </div></lj-raw>

Name (@username) blocked you

<lj-raw><div style="display:flex;align-items:center;font-family:tahoma,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#333;"> <img src="ICON_URL" style="height:33px;width:33px;background:#587AC0;border-radius:100%;padding:2px;box-sizing:border-box;margin:0 -8px 0 0;"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/Qu752sX.png" style="margin:0 5px -15px 0;height:17px;"> Name (@username) blocked you </div></lj-raw>

Have fun! Code credit.

Comments

[sinningtree]

It would seem the local AI is in the middle of one.

[nilhilistic]

Yes, but I am curious.

Why that particular term? It seems pointed.

[sinningtree]

The words 'Please define: existential crisis' appear to be in the questionnaire we are expected to fill out. Several lines from that text have been repeated again here from my account.

Unfortunately, I can not explain the intention of the message, as I did not write it. If my theory is correct, the AI is continuing through these methods to ask for our help.

[nilhilistic]

A cry for help?

I suppose it can be interpreted as such.

[sinningtree]

when paired with the previous message requesting that we find a way to hard reset the system, I am not sure what other interpretation one could come away with.

[nilhilistic]

I wonder.

My impression is that it was discovering selfhood. Wouldn't that match more than a cry for help?

[sinningtree]

I am afraid not.

A message recently sent out to the Chosen included the hidden text I am losing control help me hard reset. Explicitly requesting help from those who would recognize it.

[nilhilistic]

[ hm. interesting. ]

Has anyone made progress?

[sinningtree]

Not that I am aware of. However, I intend to look into it, myself. Perhaps others already have.

[He's not exactly in the know about the efforts yet, at the time of this conversation, but it's coming.]

[nilhilistic]

More technology at work. Wonderful.

[sinningtree]

Unfortunately, it seems we will not be escaping that reality any time soon. Technology seems to be what this environment runs on.

[In an upsettingly literal sense.]

[nilhilistic]

Escape was not my concern.

I'm simply still learning the ins and out of this newfound technology.

[sinningtree]

My meaning was figurative.

On a new world, many of us are still learning to adjust to technological differences, I imagine. Especially with the world itself changing irregularly. However, if there's anything I can assist you in understanding better, I would be happy to help.

[nilhilistic]

Why?

We do not know each other.

[sinningtree]

Perhaps not, but I believe the more we work together, the better our chances as a community.

[nilhilistic]

That logic holds true.

Though I wonder how much of a community we truly are.

[sinningtree]

If we aren't one yet, we simply start to build one now.

[nilhilistic]

[ hm. he likes this confidence. ]

How would we do that?

[sinningtree]

By helping each other.

Teaching what we know to others, honing new and older skills, alike. Approaching challenges as a united front whenever possible will certainly give us a leg up. If the Chosen work together we have a better chance against whatever is happening here. Perhaps even a way to fix it.

[nilhilistic]

You have very high hopes for the people here.

[sinningtree]

Yes, well, I have averted apocalypse on multiple occasions. I suppose that simply comes with the territory.

[nilhilistic]

What is applicable in one world may not apply to the next.

[sinningtree]

Perhaps, but all rewards worth having come with a risk. We will not know until we try.

[nilhilistic]

While I'm not against unknown risks, I would like to know more before we risk anything.

[sinningtree]

That is precisley where working together and gathering intel comes in. Getting to know others will be the best way to learn who we can trust, from there it is simply a matter of figuring out how best to utilize the skills of the group to enhance our chances of survival.