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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.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Use patreon, liberapay, and open collective to pay the creator directly, then aggressively block ads. Thats what I do.

The point is to give creators money, not advertisers

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

This is the way - avoid ads as much as possible, and support environments/services/creators that respect your privacy directly with money.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The point is, you’re an exception.

Cororations found out long ago that most people value a couple bucks a month more than they value a 1-3 minute chunk of their time a few times an hour while they’re being entertained.

Listen, pay me a dollar and I’ll show you a cool mind trick.

Oh, you dont have/want to spend a dollar? Or you’re skeptical of the trick? Well, you could just listen to me hum a tune for a few seconds and then I’ll show you the trick. In fact, you don’t even have to listen, just let me hum a tune in your presence. Just for a few seconds. Then I’ll show the trick anyway.

Sound better? Cool.

Hmmm Hmm Hmmmm Hmm

That wasn’t so bad.

Ready for the cool trick?

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