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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 a post is found to be fabricated or edited in any way and it is not properly labeled, it will be deleted.
  6. Be nice. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements to private messages.
  7. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] mech@feddit.org 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Fuck ICE but this pic and specific wording sets off my gen AI Facebook bullshit detector.
Who took that photo and got away? The linked photographer doesn't exist. If they did, why did a different account post this, and knows what was said verbatim? What is the guy on the left holding?
What's written on his chest patch?

Edit: Correction - The photographer does exist. Can't find this pic on his socials (which are set to not show anything at least for the public) or his website. That thing on the left does look like a weapon (but I can't tell which), and there are no 100% clear AI tells in the picture, except it all seems a bit "off" to me, and too perfectly composed to match the very specific and cliche message text.

Fuck, this shit is getting harder and harder. If there's one thing AI is getting good at, it's lying, and manipulating social media algorithms in a way that even legit human posters are pushed to imitate its style. So stay critical even if you agree with the message, and please excuse my premature assessment.

Edit: 2: Pic is legit, sorry for the mistake!: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/ice-descends-on-minneapolis/?hl=en-GB

[–] MrMetaKopos@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] nomy@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's a rental vehicle, or the wife is only slightly less bigoted (or likes to appear that way.)

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