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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.

RULES:

  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.
  6. Absolutely no NSFL content.
  7. Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
  8. No advertising, brand promotion, or guerrilla marketing.

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[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 70 points 11 months ago (4 children)

There are 3 "downloads" there without advertisement written under them. Just use the most basic looking button, it's like how the holy grail is the most plain looking one.

That or just use devtools/inspect elements.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Nah, I back out if that Frankenstein curse of a website and go somewhere else to find the download. There is no glory to be found here.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago

That's all fine and dandy until you're trying to download a .bin file containing a 12 year old version of the firmware that an ancient piece of tech your entire network relies on up and running again. Sometimes you do what you gotta do.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's such a rush tho, it's like using LimeWire again.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

True, I had to restore my pc a number of times using Limewire. People be putting viruses up there

[–] abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

It looks like 3 actually have advertisement under them. Gross

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How do dev tools help? As a web dev, I know that easily may provide no valuable info

[–] four@lemmy.zip 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can check if a button is just a link to www.freerobbux.ru

(I hope that's not a real site)

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can't you just hover over it with your mouse?

[–] four@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah, that works too

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Inspect the element and check the url to see its destination. It's not perfect but it usually shows what links go to unknown sites.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But that assume it's not a form or javascript driven button. I would agree if you say both of those methods are sketchier, but that doesn't mean they aren't legit for sure.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Maybe they aren't legit, but I have had success using these methods.

Edited my comment as I thought I was replying to the other guy.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm saying your method can work but also just because you don't see a link that looks right, it's not necessarily proof of malfeasance. Could just be a weird web dev choice, or a concerted effort to keep other services from scraping links from their page. Which maybe you already know, just adding that for anyone who does not know.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm saying your method can work but also just because you don't see a link that looks right, it's not necessarily proof of malfeasance.

True, but with as many links as the post has it's a good way to narrow down your options, plus I assume every link on a site like this is probably malicious in some way; no risk no reward I guess.

And in situations where this method doesn't work I can just revert to the ole' holy grail strategy (which is clearly perfect in every way).

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Fair reasoning.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

When you hover your mouse over a clickable area that will send you somewhere, the address shows up at the bottom of your browser. You look at where the link is pointing in order to choose correctly.

Also, none of the above. I use VPN + LibreWolf browser with built in good adblocking + a site like thepiratebay.org + using the magnet links from my search and download my movies and shows with QBittorrent.