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:

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.
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.
You are encouraged to provide a link back to the source of your screen capture in the body of your post.
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.
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.
Absolutely no NSFL content.
Be nice. Don't take anything personally. Take political debates to the appropriate communities. Take personal disagreements & arguments to private messages.
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submitted 3 days ago by RmDebArc_5@piefed.zip to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] drath@lemmy.drath.ru 1 points 1 day ago

Indeed, as the other comment stated, it's the reliance on phone numbers.

Governments can intercept and block registration SMS and put you straight on the watchlist for even trying
Every single cell provider in the world can make phone calls from your number, nevermind sms, and so does everyone who has influence over them, be it law enforcement, someone with money or inside connections to bribe some corrupt employee, or just a kid with a gsm sniffer, or even just a sharp tongue and gall to just call them and say "Hey my name is Bob Marley, unfortunately I've lost my phone, could you send me a new one with the same number". Yes, they won't be able to read your messages, but they can register a new account to your number and scam your friends by pretending to be you.
Privacy nightmare, phone numbers carry a lot of private data with them which is very easily doxx-able. I don't want to share all that just to chat with someone, especially when supposedly talking about something I wouldn't want someone else to be prying upon. IE if I'm planning a crime I don't want my potential accomplices to know my full legal name and DOB, which they'd be able to get for just a dollar if they knew my number.
How do you even deal with spam? Admittedly I've never used Signal, because of point 1 where government blocked and put me on the watchlist, but in a similarly phone-tied telegram, when my p/n got leaked I got dozens of spam messages every day from random accounts, and had to basically abandon it because there's no easy way to change the identity