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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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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I never understood why seemingly everyone uses WP. 'I need a personal, but professional, web presence' 'use this blogging platform', 'I need an e-commerce site' 'use this blogging platform' like what.

Maybe I'm old and WP now does everything and the kitchen sink, but I was there when it started and made no sense.

[–] ellieficent@reddthat.com 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Now it has the kitchen sink AND vulnerabilities… and an asshole CEO.

As someone who managed it for a while, WP as a platform isn’t horrendous, but there are definitely better alternatives depending on what you need to accomplish.

Sadly it’s still a defacto standard.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What's a good alternative nowadays for someone who isn't super tech savvy and just wants to set up a basic WYSIWYG website?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

www.motherfuckingwebsite.com

Seriously, just type in some HTML. It's barely more complicated than the Markdown you're already using for Lemmy, as long as you aren't trying to get fancy with it.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago

It’s true. They got through some gnarly WYSIWYG problems and, yes, due to plugins they basically do have the kitchen sink available.

There’s some good comparative alternatives as well, but I don’t know much about them yet.

[–] pleasestopasking@reddthat.com 2 points 8 months ago

It's not really a blogging platform, it's a content management system.