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[#] Sun Jul 10 2022 06:59:00 EDT from Nurb432

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I guess if you are too stupid to figure out how to store photos on your phone, you deserve to have your child be tracked.

 

https://www.fbi.gov/news/apps/child-id-app



[#] Sun Jul 10 2022 11:20:34 EDT from zelgomer

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I'm looking for a way to describe those of us who were online and
immersed in online culture *before* it went mainstream. You know, the

people who actually know how to be cool online, who treat it like the

medium it was meant to be, before Fuck Fuckerberg killed it.


I thought we called those greybeards.

[#] Tue Jul 12 2022 04:44:18 EDT from darknetuser

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I'm looking for a way to describe those of us who were online and

immersed in online culture *before* it went mainstream. You know, the

people who actually know how to be cool online, who treat it like the

medium it was meant to be, before Fuck Fuckerberg killed it.


Some ideas:

"Elder, fossile, ancient being, remain of a bygone era"

Sorry, I could not resist :)

Actually, my case is weird because Internet took a long time to reach my country, and when it did, I took soooo long to adopt it. I think every other person I knew back then had had Internet for a decade by the time I managed to get connected.

[#] Tue Jul 12 2022 09:07:20 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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"greybeards" refers to a technical skill level. I'm trying to describe a *culture*. The way it was before the unwashed masses moved in and ruined everything. The chaos, the sarcasm, the hyperbole, the wild online culture we had before Eternal September came and the non-nerds took over our playground.
It was a better medium in those days because we had netiquette instead of cancel culture. Those of us who have been online for more than 30 years or so are the indiginous people. That's what I'm trying to describe.

[#] Tue Jul 12 2022 09:54:08 EDT from zelgomer

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~"unwashed masses" = "washed energies" ?

[#] Sat Jul 16 2022 07:51:06 EDT from Nurb432

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Dammit my AD block on FB quit.   They changed how they post the word 'sponsored' on their 'ad info link', so the filter cant recognize it.   Not yet sure how they do it as i have not looked past trying to do a inspect on the page, was worthless, as its *ALL* JS. But now the word isn't a word. Its random set of characters that display as the word. Cant even copy/paste the label. It 'looked' funny, so i tried that first to find 'wtf is this'

For the most part i dont care, but as i have said before, only practical way to keep in touch with family now.  ( and there are 2 groups i am a member of, who wont move off the platform.  I have tried )



[#] Sat Jul 16 2022 09:59:07 EDT from Nurb432

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whoohoo found a temp fix.

It seems that everyone gets a unique ID to track you, which is part of the link underneath the word "sponsored" that no longer is a word.  You can set a filter on that ID however.  No one knows long you keep your ID, and may have to do it again.  Its too recent of a change. But for the moment, it works.



[#] Sat Jul 16 2022 10:08:43 EDT from Nurb432

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dammit!  its per session.  



[#] Sat Jul 16 2022 10:14:32 EDT from zelgomer

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I wish I could see how history books 1000 years from now will describe the arms race our society engaged in over making an image appear on your screen or not appear on your screen.

[#] Sat Jul 16 2022 10:17:26 EDT from Nurb432

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I suspect in 1k years, if mankind exists, little of our current time will be in the history records.  Its all too volatile and wont stand the test of time, like a carved stone.

Sat Jul 16 2022 10:14:32 AM EDT from zelgomer
I wish I could see how history books 1000 years from now will describe the arms race our society engaged in over making an image appear on your screen or not appear on your screen.

 



[#] Wed Jul 20 2022 12:49:43 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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I wish I could see how history books 1000 years from now will describe


"In the year 2525 | if the Internet is still alive..."

[#] Sat Jul 23 2022 11:38:36 EDT from Nurb432

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Found another plugin for chrome that does block F-crap ads.   I had forgot how bad it was, on average out of 18 items in my feed, 3 were actual posts, rest were ads.

"F.Block"   



[#] Sat Jul 23 2022 15:20:25 EDT from Nurb432

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That didn't last long, they just broke that too.  AND they are hiding words when your dumb ass friends share game crap. SO cant block that now either.

I'm done  I guess ill keep messenger for family, until that gets ads too.

I know they dont care about one person, but they drove another customer away.

Sat Jul 23 2022 11:38:36 AM EDT from Nurb432

Found another plugin for chrome that does block F-crap ads.   I had forgot how bad it was, on average out of 18 items in my feed, 3 were actual posts, rest were ads.

"F.Block"   



 



[#] Sat Jul 23 2022 20:03:26 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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I just put all of their domains in my adblocker. This blocks everything, including the site itself. That's a feature, not a side effect.

[#] Sat Jul 30 2022 19:26:38 EDT from darknetuser

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I know they dont care about one person, but they drove another
customer away.

You are not the customer. Advertisers are.

Come get the red pill.

[#] Sat Jul 30 2022 20:18:36 EDT from Nurb432

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I was being generic in that statement.  I do realize that i'm the product. But it would sound odd ' they lost another product'

Sat Jul 30 2022 07:26:38 PM EDT from darknetuser

I know they dont care about one person, but they drove another
customer away.

You are not the customer. Advertisers are.

Come get the red pill.

 



[#] Thu Aug 04 2022 17:02:30 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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I haven't seen a facebook ad in over a decade. << smug satisfaction >>

[#] Thu Aug 04 2022 22:05:59 EDT from zelgomer

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You have no right to feel smug. I've never seen a facebook ad, or facebook for that matter.

[#] Wed Aug 24 2022 09:22:28 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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So during some idle time yesterday I signed up for Truth Social. It's kind of ho-hum. Seems like the only purpose of being there is to follow Big Orange himself. There's no one else there that you can't find on Gettr. He should have just started his own blog or something.

[#] Wed Aug 24 2022 11:11:10 EDT from Nurb432

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I did that too. Sort of forgot about it to be honest.   I did it mostly for when he starts his campaign and gets blocked everywhere else.  I'm sure most people are in the same boat. Until that happens, its sort of pointless.

Requiring a non VoIP phone number to sign up was sort of annoying however.

 

Not on gettr, i think i'm on gab.. dont remember now, perhaps it was something else..  Other than here i really dont go to places where people randomly talk about things.

Wed Aug 24 2022 09:22:28 AM EDT from IGnatius T Foobar
So during some idle time yesterday I signed up for Truth Social. It's kind of ho-hum. Seems like the only purpose of being there is to follow Big Orange himself. There's no one else there that you can't find on Gettr. He should have just started his own blog or something.

 



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