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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.

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More Lies Than Truth Social (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] smayonak 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But we're there any better platforms that people were using? The problem was that all the alternatives were doing next tot nothing for countering disinformation. Twitter was the best of a bad situation.

[โ€“] Duamerthrax 5 points 3 weeks ago

You could always NOT use social media as a news source. Short form media is just ripe for manipulation.