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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.
Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.
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- Your post must be a screen capture of a microblog-type post that includes the UI of the site it came from, preferably also including the avatar and username of the original poster. Including relevant comments made to the original post is encouraged.
- Your post, included comments, or your title/comment should include some kind of commentary or remark on the subject of the screen capture. Your title must include at least one word relevant to your post.
- You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
- Current politics and news are allowed, but discouraged. There MUST be some kind of human commentary/reaction included (either by the original poster or you). Just news articles or headlines will be deleted.
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Oh, ranking system in video games is a whole other beast to tackle. It's a both pro and con game design. Games want to promote people perfecting the game and bringing competitiveness in the sphere. That's not inherently a bad thing. Even in non ranked games, if theres a way to compete people will naturally aim to be the best. There's just a lot of issues that come with it as well.
Visual rank is hard. For one, it's a medal to reward the player. Just like physical sports, winning a medal feels good. It's an accomplishment that really boosts the feeling of competitiveness in a sport. On the other hand, visual rank in games can be used as a way to put people down. "Oh you're only _ rank" and all that. Not really easily solvable, considering how many games that have a ranked system. It's one of the fundamentals of the system that couples everything together.