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7 years ago
That is a mod chat, not employee chat like people have been saying.
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7 years ago
Honestly, I think it's a lot less complicated than that. It's just a bunch of people who saw an opportunity to troll taking advantage of it. Which is why I think Snapzu is still susceptible, because while propaganda is pretty useless on small sites, trolling is. And especially with the weak moderation system the site has, they could do it pretty easily.
Posted in: Prepare for possible influx of users.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
Ha, I beat you. I think the exodus will depend on if they quickly get rid of Spez or not. The Pao drama was drawn out because Pao didn't leave at all during the first big controversy (the FPH drama) and didn't leave until well into the "reddit revolt" drama. So the reddit alternatives had a lot of time to float around the site. If we wake up tomorrow, and Spez is already gone (happy thanksgiving lol), then there probably won't people throwing around Snapzu.
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7 years ago
Obviously. This might be their biggest fuck up ever, when it comes to pure PR. But I think that people from /r/t_d will be leaving first and in the greatest volumes.
Posted in: Prepare for possible influx of users.
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7 years ago
Eh, I saw how much reddit changed after the digg exodus. I still think it's possible, but I do think it has to be a very concerted effort by the community. What might save snapzu is that it does seem like redditors are less willing to leave so user influxes will be much smaller than the massive digg exodus.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
One time I made a tunnel for my toy truck and I was very happy. Seriously though, I should work on my sand castle skills. I always tell myself I'm going to make something cool and never do.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
I love Dave Chappelle, so seeing him get 3 more specials is very exciting. It's basically going to make up the $50 million he never got when he decided to skip out on his show a decade ago. I'm just so glad to see him doing things again.
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7 years ago
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Prepare for possible influx of users.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
Movies, water, and not having water. Go California.
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7 years ago
I've been advocating for the Korean and Japanese leagues to join in. They are some good competition.
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7 years ago
Number one in ratings.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
American Football. We are the only country to win a super bowl.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
Nah, sleeping is.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
Same thing happened in San Bernardino. The media could care less about the actual crime scene. They just want the ratings.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
Just out of curiosity, where were the invite codes posted? Curious where this slight influx of users is coming from.
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7 years ago
Comment picklefingers
As a resident of Southern California, I feel it's my duty to say "What El Nino?"
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7 years ago
Actually everybody I know are old truck drivers. Weird that you would mention that.
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7 years ago
I completely disagree. I mean, I agree that it's not the most important thing in the world. I never said that. Saying something like that is just a classic fallacy of relative privation and it's, to be blunt, one of the most annoying fallacies to come across.
And I do not see how you would not think that it has ever been an issue. Free Speech (as a moral, not legal concept) has been something that has been a major part of some of our largest conflicts of the past few centuries.
I don't know why you would think most people don't give a shit. I've talked to practically everybody I know at some point about it, and everybody has an opinion on it, with the majority having quite strong opinions about it. You wouldn't see riots break out outside of political rallies of figures who are controversial because of what they say if it was a non-issue. The difference between before and now is exactly social media. It is incredibly easy to sway peoples opinion with viral media and there are people who specialize in it. When you give people that power, these "word police" now actually have the power to accomplish something without any physical force. People can have their lives absolutely ruined nowadays if they piss off the wrong group of people.
I think you are looking at the role of comedian's WAY too narrowly. Sure they don't prevent atrocities but that's not the point. Comedy isn't a machine for change, it is a reflection of it. People look at the world and say what they think about it. If you are preventing comedians from doing so (which more and more comedians are speaking up about), then it's more than just being treated shitty as a comedian, it is a reflection of the society that is trying to silence honesty. You shouldn't have to dig too far to find prime historical evidence of what happens when people try to silence objective views of society.
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7 years ago
Analysis picklefingers
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is Done With Its Theatrical Run, and the Box Office Results Are Huge
Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ home release took place months ago, but apparently, the movie just finished its theatrical run this week. That’s nearly six months following its debut back in December last year. It’s a huge deal considering most films’ theatrical runs usually end after a month. That said, we can now learn just how much of a success The Force Awakens is in box office terms, and we’re expecting it to be enormous. Well, according to Box Offic
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7 years ago
Konnichiwa. I am japanese speaker desu.
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7 years ago
What are you talking about. I am so fluento in spanish.