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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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[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Actual propaganda frequently is true, this is misleading in that it is not actually reporting news, just guessing something is true doesn't make it true, I didn't recognize the poster I went and looked it up trying to find a source and discovered it was posted by a very open satire site, and this seems like a really stupid thing for you to be trying to start a fight over.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

this is misleading in that it is not actually reporting news

That's not the type of misleading that qualifies as propaganda. It has to be misleading in a way that pushes their agenda.

this seems like a really stupid thing for you to be trying to start a fight over.

This is a fight you started by saying that my original comment was me not being immune to propaganda. If you think it's stupid, then you should have chosen more correct words.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

First: You are not immune to propaganda.

Second: I never said this was propaganda. I even went so far as to clarify that this wasn't propaganda. This is just blatant and unabashed satirical misinformation.

Third: My whole point is that if otherwise reasonable people like you fall for this, which could not possibly be easier to verify is from a literal fake news outlet (I timed it, it took me 5 seconds), I seriously doubt they will be more robust in the face of actual propaganda.

Fourth: My words are fine, why are you pivoting to insulting me to try and draw this out?