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Microblog Memes

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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.

RULES:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
  4. 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.
  5. Doctored posts/images and AI are allowed, but discouraged. You MUST indicate this in your post (even if you didn't originally know). If an image is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Capitalism bastardised the internet to be like this. There was a communal web in the making.

https://www.quora.com/Who-invented-the-modern-computer-look-and-feel/answer/Harri-K-Hiltunen

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but describing the problem as a problem of capitalism makes it sound inescapable and unfixable without a complete overhaul of society.

In reality you just need to get off social media and stop scrolling.

[–] Tehdastehdas@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I believe capitalism is the problem, and should be replaced by a retroactively-estimating value-production reward-system. Only the economy is overhauled, not society.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, but social media is the problem in your life that you can change today. Capitalism is a system that will take, at minimum, years to replace.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

I don't use social media (aside from lemmy). I can assure you that the problem is inescapable and unfixable without a complete overhaul of society.

The problem is capitalism.

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Glad to know you have personal experience in every capitalist society on earth. /s

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Is that something someone needs in order to criticize it? Why?

[–] masterspace@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Because you're making the claim that capitalism inherently leads to loneliness.

If there are capitalist societies that aren't lonely then that would indicate that capitalism does not inherently lead to loneliness, or that there are other factors that can address loneliness that are more powerful than capitalism.

[–] OccamsRazer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I have no issues with human connection, but I am also subject to capitalism.