this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2025
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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. Please put at least one word relevant to the post in the post title.
  2. Be nice.
  3. No advertising, brand promotion or guerilla marketing.
  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago

None of them.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As a millenial: i have no idea. I haven't seen ads on a download page in such a long time. Really takes me back...

[–] AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago

It's still prevalent, even with uBlock, if you try to pirate from direct-download sites.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

🧲 links ftw, simply ctrl-u ctrl-f magnet:

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[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

I don't see the tiny blue link, so probably none.

[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago

Adblock, also if you're not sure you can inspect element

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

My grandma told me to click them all until one works.

[–] veni_vedi_veni@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Kobiyashi Maru it

[–] es_eskaliert@feddit.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'd say you'd have to click the file name to download the file.

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 5 points 2 months ago

The most plain looking one, or the one left after AdBlock has hidden all the rest. Or depending on the site and how far into it you've clicked, potentially none of them because it'll start automatically after a few moments in some places.

[–] ddplf@szmer.info 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As an early Z - I certainly didn't expect so many people here to struggle with it so much.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

They've lost their edge, softened by a sedentary drip feed of Netflix and ad blockers.

[–] luxliminal@piefed.social 5 points 2 months ago

A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

[–] callouscomic@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is why they said "you wouldn't download a movie." Because it's a risky click.

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The real download link is loading.

[–] PumpkinEscobar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

None. All viruses

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