I’ve had ’em all and they was lousy
Didja catch the stampede this week? Twitter put the kibosh on Marjorie Taylor Greene (a woman I’ve worked very hard to learn nothing about) and everyone went galloping over to GETTR. I went to register my handle and it turns out I’d already registered it in July. I’m such a social media slut.
I just can’t keep my yap shut.
Gab. Didn’t like the atmosphere, didn’t like the founder. It had a revival meeting kind of vibe.
Parler. I like Dan Bongino and I would be pleased if he succeeeded. They done him dirty, trying to muscle Parler out before it got started. Last I was there, though, it was really slow and infested with “buy a Donald J Trump commemorative lucky coin!” spam.
Unflappabl. This one is small and struggling to get going. They tried fundraising at the start, which seemed a little unsavory. I see more of them on Twitter than their own site.
GETTR. Closest in look and feel to Twitter. Maybe even actionably so. Rumored to have been founded by a shady Chinese spy, so keep your Tienanmen celebrations to yourself.
Who knows what Trump’s thing will be like. Supposedly happening next month.
Philosophically, my heart is still with the Fediverse – hundreds of decentralized individually owned servers voluntarily interlinking. It has a real Internet 1985 feel. Unfortunately, it has a real Internet 1985 interface. It’s crying out for someone to build a slicker front end for it. (For a while, Gab was connected to the Fediverse, but Torba cut contact). I considered asking my host if I could operate a node, but I didn’t think you guys would be very interested.
If you’re looking for me, where e’er you go, I am @sweasel (or sometimes @stoaty) on social media and AuntieWeasel on gaming platforms. Except Epic Games, where I’m AuntieWeaselx because I guess I registered AuntieWeasel at some point and then forgot my login credentials.
I am *way* too online.
Posted: January 5th, 2022 under technology.
Comments: 7
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Comment from OldFert
Time: January 5, 2022, 8:47 pm
It’d be a hoot if CNN nosedived in value and Trump was able to leverage a buyout.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: January 5, 2022, 9:11 pm
Oh, that would be a hoot.
My favorite fantasy scenario, though, is the one where he runs for Congress from Florida and becomes Speaker of the House. Ohhhhhhh.
Comment from dissent555
Time: January 5, 2022, 11:33 pm
with regard to social media, ignorance is bliss.
At least, mine is.
Comment from Some Vegetable
Time: January 6, 2022, 12:18 am
GETTR. Closest in look and feel to Twitter. Maybe even actionably so. Rumored to have been founded by a shady Chinese spy, so keep your Tienanmen celebrations to yourself.
I am not Twitterer et al but I do believe that I have heard of a sure-fire Chinese Government dector:
The Winnie The Pooh comparison
Comment from durnedyankee
Time: January 6, 2022, 12:35 pm
Today marks a solemn and series anniversary when our leaders pretend 600 (or even a thousand) people armed with cameras and various pole like things nearly overthrew a country that spans a continent from ocean to ocean and has a population in excess of 300 million people. Like a minor riot in one city would do the trick.
Foolish peons, what they really needed was probably a thousand people and some thumb drives in 5 or 6 cities.
Comment from blake
Time: January 6, 2022, 6:26 pm
“Foolish peons, what they really needed was probably a thousand people and some thumb drives in 5 or 6 cities.”
ISWYDT.
Comment from BJM
Time: January 7, 2022, 7:36 pm
@Stoaty, I’ve played around with Mastadon and ActivityPub’s usable, but I figger the whole thing is A TRAP. Like you, I almost long for USENET and miss THE WELL, which was the snarkiest group of whipsmart users online (not me of course, I got my ass whipped repeatedly and learned to think first and comment second).
It’s prolly safe to assume that Twatter will sic their buildings full of lawyers on GETTR for whatever they can get away with, so I’ll wait and see.
I’m mainly on Reddit’s special interest subs, no politics. BTW the r/saintlymeghanmarkle is a hoot. People are digging up and posting some amazing shit, such as a video of the Doochess & friend driving around LA in her very nice Explorer and a pap shot of her standing in a functioning driver’s door.
I lurk a lot, but the only blogs I comment on are Ace’s non-political postings and here. I prefer to remain anonymous on gaming sites, too many droolers.
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