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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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  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.
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[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

No, but you also never see a homeless man's death make international news.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The police didn't control the news though.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't they raise bridges and try to create checkpoints all around the area? That never happens for anyone else.

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I haven't heard about that yet. An excellent counterpoint if true though.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The ambiguity of your comment leaves space for the reader to guess whether you are blaming the police for their (alleged) comparative spending or blaming the journalists for their comparative coverage.

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

My intent was to convey that the existence of a media frenzy is not proof that the police are spending disproportionate resources on the investigation.

There was a media frenzy around the murder of George Floyd, but hardly any spending by the police in the investigation.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

whether you are blaming the police... or blaming the journalists

They could also just be saying a statement without forcing blame on anyone. If I say the sky is blue, I'm not blaming the sky for having moisture nor blaming my eyes for perceiving it as blue.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It is possible to state a fact without having evaluated it and pushing that as a narrative. I know it's hard to imagine on the Internet but it happens with me all the time. People get really mad that you haven't judged a fact and in the same way they have. It's fucking annoying.

[–] testfactor@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the NYPD doesn't control the news? Like, that has nothing to do with how much their spending on the investigation as far as I can tell.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I guess my point is, society thinks it's a big deal and news worthy, which means society also expects more effort in finding the killer.

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Indisputably true and society's moral failure on its own, but the OP is questionable.