I encountered a proposition that form and style are the aspects of writing that an LLM cannot mimic, thus human writers may start innovating on form as a way to compete in an oversaturated writing market (and demonstrate their humanity). But that got me thinking beyond the style and structure of writing (e.g. listicle, poem, autofiction) to the structure of a post: what might novel human-oriented online formats look like? How can indie self-publishers signal that our work is authentic and connect with human readers through our personal websites? The indie web is the avant-garde of modern publishing, and there’s so much more we could explore. Human-oriented could mean using techniques to limit bot access and encourage human access, or writing in a way that is only legible to humans, or interactive posts that emphasize the human connection between writer and reader. (Not saying these are good or a11y-friendly ideas, just spitballing. Some of these are technically-based, and may or may…
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