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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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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

A long time ago when reddit wasn't as noticably awful, I read a comment there pointing out that while women receive lots of questionably-motivated compliments from thirsty men, men themselves rarely receive compliments and even a passing one can change someone's day. I'm a man and can confirm at least the second half of that.

Since then, I've done my best to flatter anyone - whether presenting as man or woman - who does anything that stands out (I try not to comment on something that wasn't a conscious decision, like body parts). Loud shirt? Awesome! Unnaturally colored hair? I love it! Something that took effort, like a perm? You know I'm expressing my approval. Especially in a situation where I'm just passing by someone I'll never see again and therefore (hopefully) obviously not trying to get something from them.

I like to think I've improved some people's days with this policy. One of my favorite memories is of a situation where I demonstrably did so (I've actually referenced it on Lemmy before, a long time ago).

edit: Remove unneeded words.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I don't really know you well enough to say, but clearly you're committed to the fediverse as an active participant. As a less active but very interested member of the same 'verse, I'm grateful for your contributions.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That moon is pretty cool. Makes me think of the Night Kitchen (childrens book). Iirc, Maurice Sendak was the illustrator as well as author.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Hey now, no stealing my thunder.

... Just kidding. I support improving the day of anyone you can. Supporting a choice they made, like a user icon, is a great way to do so; recognizing an obscure reference they made, even better (IMHO). You rock!