Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Mickey on Mon Aug 18 2025 09:38 pm

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The
problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like
to be litteral twits to each other.

And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes
myself.

that's how people are, though.
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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Mickey on Mon Aug 18 2025 09:38 pm

They went to BlueSky where they can enjoy their own SafeSpace. The
problem is social media is just as crazy as bbsing where people like
to be litteral twits to each other.

And lately, nothing can be closer to the truth. I tire of it sometimes
myself.

that's how people are, though.
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Was rathering responses to recent Bubsy Bobcat news for the Bubsy Fan Blog and I grabbed what people said on X (Twitter) and BlueSky. Creative responses on both as well as junk on both. But there was a little bit more junk and complaining I noticed on BlueSky.

But this is Bubsy we are talking about, who is more polarizing than even some politics. :D

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Re: twitter/x
By: Mindsurfer to MRO on Tue Aug 19 2025 11:05 am

I'm not going along with that. I am grateful that Elon has liberated Twitter, and I don't need dozens of other 'alternatives' that aren't really alternatives, but just places where offended people can enjoy their echo chambers all by themselves.

Why not have an equal debate? Why not allow both opinions and worldviews? I thought that's what makes democracies so wonderful and leads to the better arguments winning?

Mindsurfer

I like that, and something I thought all along. Do high schools still teach debate? To have a dialogue staying on topic, not vering into personally attacking the other person with an opinion different than your own?

Seems now days we have to adjust the to lower common demoninator, avoiding all "land mines" of what things mean to everyone, trying to find the most safe, non-offensive route. That route however I am finding is becoming more narrow each year.

For example, I am play in a LARP (Live Action Role Play) group, which is basically D&D with all outfits and fighting with foam weapons. Sometimes for fun, as it is more sport than role play, some people will wear a fantasy version of a sports jersey with a number. One person had the number "88"

At one point the reeves and others in charge of field combat told this person to remove the number as it meant to some "Hail Hitler" ... HH... 88...

Friend had this number since around 1988, year he joined the fighter group he was in. It was 2017 when he was called on this. So he had used this number for 29 years. He assured them that the number meant something totally different than what others THOUGHT it meant. However, since this was offensive to those people, he removed the number from his jersey.

I believe things like that are wrong.

Something can mean different things to different people. And we need to learn the intent of what people do. If he wore that to make people upset, then possibly remove it. But if the intent is truly innocent, and there is another meaning, introduce that meaning to others.

Does "88" need to eternally be linked to Hitler, or could it take on a new meaning? Or a different meaning? Sure it can.

And I believe this of the swastika now associated with the Nazi party, was the "whirling logs" by the Navajo and other indigenous people throughout time.

Time widen that path of what is acceptable, and to listen to others on what the world means to them.
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Re: twitter/x
By: Dumas Walker to MICKEY on Tue Aug 19 2025 09:56 am

IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and "twits" than BBSes are.

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Re: twitter/x
By: Doctor Clu to Dumas Walker on Sun Aug 31 2025 03:01 pm

Re: twitter/x
By: Dumas Walker to MICKEY on Tue Aug 19 2025 09:56 am

IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and "twits" than BBSes are.

And make no mistake, BBS folk are a niche and pecular group of people
as it is.

yep we are all mad here.
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Re: twitter/x
By: MRO to Doctor Clu on Sun Aug 31 2025 08:21 pm

IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy"
and "twits" than BBSes are.

And make no mistake, BBS folk are a niche and pecular group of people as it
is.

yep we are all mad here.

Ah one of my favorite lines from the Wonderland books. :)

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IMHO, most social media sites are much worse when it comes to "crazy" and >DW> "twits" than BBSes are.

And make no mistake, BBS folk are a niche and pecular group of people as it is.

No mistake there, but I would also say that social media sites have their
own pecular groups of people, too. Some are casual users, but the ones
that seem to live on it are fairly pecular in their own right.


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I like that, and something I thought all along. Do high schools still teach debate? To have a dialogue staying on topic, not vering into personally attacking the other person with an opinion different than your own?

When I was in high school - late 1980s - they didn't teach it specifically unless you were on the debate team. OTOH, I did have a History/Civics
teacher in junior high that included some of these things as part of her ciriculum. I think she did it because she wanted to, not because it was a
part of the Grade 7 general ciriculum.

Seems now days we have to adjust the to lower common demoninator, avoiding all
"land mines" of what things mean to everyone, trying to find the most safe, non-offensive route. That route however I am finding is becoming more narrow each year.

I believe we are getting to the point where there is no "safe" route. Too
many people filter what they see and hear through "what about this can
offend me" filters (or "what about this will get me the most hits on social media by offending others when I post about it") that any safe route is
gone.

For example, I am play in a LARP (Live Action Role Play) group, which is basically D&D with all outfits and fighting with foam weapons. Sometimes for fun, as it is more sport than role play, some people will wear a fantasy version of a sports jersey with a number. One person had the number "88"

At one point the reeves and others in charge of field combat told this person to remove the number as it meant to some "Hail Hitler" ... HH... 88...

People make BS up about numbers any more. I am a fan of AJ Foyt Racing.
Foyt Racing has *always* used the number 14. His team had a second car whose new sponsor wanted to use the number 88. The same happened there, except apparently there is an additional "special meaning" to be offended about when you use both numbers together.

So they changed the 88 to some other number.

People of my generation, and probably the previous one, managed to raise
too many soft-headed, self described "empaths" who are too
emotionally-driven to make it in the world without everything being wrapped
in bubble wrap.

Friend had this number since around 1988, year he joined the fighter group he was in. It was 2017 when he was called on this. So he had used this number for 29 years. He assured them that the number meant something totally different than what others THOUGHT it meant. However, since this was offensiv
to those people, he removed the number from his jersey.

I believe things like that are wrong.

Agreed.

Does "88" need to eternally be linked to Hitler, or could it take on a new meaning? Or a different meaning? Sure it can.

Did Hitler and his cronies even use that number, or is it just some stupid letter-number association that an idiot came up with since? I can remember
one of my 5th grade classmates claiming Ronald Reagan was Satan because all three of his names have 6 letters -- 666. One of their idiot parents told
them that.

And I believe this of the swastika now associated with the Nazi party, was the >"whirling logs" by the Navajo and other indigenous people throughout time.

It has some special meaning in Hindu (or maybe general Indian subcontenent) culture.


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Re: twitter/x
By: Dumas Walker to DOCTOR CLU on Mon Sep 01 2025 10:51 am

No mistake there, but I would also say that social media sites have their own pecular groups of people, too. Some are casual users, but the ones that seem to live on it are fairly pecular in their own right.

That was one thing I noticed about the interwebs, there are wonderful corners where people can find their peeps. And that is the problem in a way, it is a place where people can find their peeps and not have to interact much with the rest.

BBS folk are cool because they are basically computer enthusiasts first or they wouldn't be on a BBS. So we have that in common, and from there, learning to get along with what few people you have on a BBS. Some fascinating discussions once you vere from the discussions of "hey I'm on a BBS!"
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Mike,

Sometime after Elon took over, but before he renamed it, I
joined it to see what the fuss was about. I didn't "leave" it
so much as I have lost interest in it because it didn't really
provide any value.

I have an account on X, but rarely use it.

Linkdin is another one that I quit visiting for the same
reason.

I never signed up for Linkedin. I spend too much time on Facebook
as it is. I need to go back to the BBS.

Daryl

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I never signed up for Linkedin. I spend too much time on Facebook
as it is. I need to go back to the BBS.

I purged my linkedin account because the founder of the company is a
putz.

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I never signed up for Linkedin. I spend too much time on Facebook
as it is. I need to go back to the BBS.

I purged my linkedin account because the founder of the company
is a putz.

I've got more than enough with Facebook...and now, I'm spending
more time on the BBS.

Daryl

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