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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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[–] Poppapoppop@thelemmy.club 27 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I’ve done this out of habit trying to be friendly. I’m starting to see the error of my ways. A point has been made.

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Shift+Enter or Ctrl+Enter (depending on the platform) will usually insert a line break. You can divide your greeting from the content of the message without actually sending two messages.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 8 points 1 day ago

Personally, I don't care if it's one message or two. The thing that annoys me is people who send a greeting and then wait for a response before telling me what they actually want. If someone sends "hi" and then immediately starts typing their actual question, that's fine for me, especially on platforms with a typing indicator.

[–] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 11 points 1 day ago

You're welcome to start with "Hi", "Hello" or even "Greetings, my lord" but please don't just leave it at that. Follow up with your actual question immediately so the recipient knows what you need and if it's urgent.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 6 points 1 day ago

You can say it as a polite prelude...it just has to be an immediate part of the message. Not just "hi" then waiting for a response. The latter pisses everyone off.