this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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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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  2. Be nice.
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  4. Posters are encouraged to link to the toot or tweet etc in the description of posts.

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[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I hate it when people write the way they talk

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

How else should people write? Like AI models or something? What is wrong with writing in a way that conveys the speaking style of the author?

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

That's... A rather stupid thing to be irked over.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I bet you love people who write the way their dialect sounds.

[–] blazeknave@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm worse. I talk how I write. Sentences ending in prepositions? Nah, fuck that

[–] Sunfoil@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's fine and I like it.

[–] Sheeple@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It really only works in live chat formats.