Metaright

I will never call it “X,” just like I will never call Facebook “Meta.”

Good on you for being principled. I experience the same sort of feeling, and I’ve tried to just redirect that need for content into other media.

Don’t be too complacent, of course. I’ve seen people on the Fediverse turn feral and Reddit-esque during discussions of particular culture war issues. It’s not completely peachy here all the time; there are some subjects about which some people can’t help losing their composure.

Boomer comic 🤮

I’m done with that place.

Alternative take: Piracy is, at worst, morally neutral, and does not have a significant adverse effect on the profits of the people who produce media.

Calm down.

It’s so cute!

I’m just going to keep calling it Twitter, and I’m honestly unsure of why everyone else, media outlets included, aren’t doing the same.

I don’t get it.

My child brain always thought Hariyama’s orange chest thing was a big nose.

I think I’d rather not give the company money at all.

Paying for her cab fare home sounds reasonably polite.

Elaborate.

This I didn’t know. So posting a comment on the microblog will make it visible to Mastodon as well?

They’re both Reddit-esque Fediverse platforms, but are developed and maintained by different people.

How so? This post is not stopping anyone from enjoying the app.

Nobody is not letting them be.

How is this meme stopping people from enjoying things?

You’d have to be very emotionally fragile to take it personally like this when someone criticizes an app you like.