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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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[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 17 points 4 days ago (4 children)

That is a good definition. As an ex-website designer, I hate the new formats with their bloated flow and flashy appearance while the content is everywhere. Give me some tables and preloaded image sizes so the page loads fast and stops jumping all over the place.

And they all look the same. Maybe because everyone just grabs the same template and there aren't any out there actually trying new looks.

[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As a current web developer I'm with you except for the tables. I hate tables with a burning, fiery passion.

I do like responsive design to account for mobile, tablet, and desktop so I try to blend that with classic "just works / just here for the data" layouts and generally minimize the flash in favor of the content. In other words, my projects go to a lot of work to look that simple lol.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I know, divs are better, and I did use them once they came about. But tables were what you used back in the beginning, had to.

I appreciate responsive design, there's some brilliant things out there. And I got out just as the whole smart phone thing started, and THAT was a nightmare that made the browser wars simple by comparison.

[–] zout@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago

I remember tables, if you made the webpages in Publisher it would be tables all the way. I tought it was quite the thing back then, I guess 20-25 years ago?

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

YES! THANK YOU! I fucking hate these new website that look like they cost a million dollars to design, but they don't function for crap, it's hard to find the information I need, it jumps around while different "features" load, and keeps doing unexpected things while I scroll or hover over stuff.

Give me a nice, clear side bar with submenus that make it easy to find what I'm looking for, and pages that load quickly and behave statically until I click on something.

Fuck this emphasis on "modern" design. That's just a bunch of self-fellating rich people getting off on marketing and sales pitches while ignoring user experience...

[–] MrKoyun@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

I cannot explain the amount of rage I experience when a website makes my scrollwheel do anything other than simply scrolling down, i.e. scrolling sideways or needlessly trying to do cool animations that just end up looking like shit

"just use tailwind" or any of the premade shit. It's everywhere. Everything looks the same. I hate it.

No one wants to design a website anymore. They just want to make one as fast as possible.