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@brieffiction.bsky.social
A companion to the @brief_fiction account, on which I share links to (and maybe talk about) content other people have created.
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One could follow a link offered by somebody, and save the site he found on Stumbleupon, oneself.
That sort of activity was known as "social bookmarking."
That sort of activity was known as "social bookmarking."
December 16, 2024 at 9:12 PM
One could follow a link offered by somebody, and save the site he found on Stumbleupon, oneself.
That sort of activity was known as "social bookmarking."
That sort of activity was known as "social bookmarking."
As far as I know, nothing like it exists, today.
Having been introduced to those sites, some of us would then use their blogging platform to write posts about the sites we liked, which our followers could read. We'd share and discuss our finds.
Bookmarking became a collective activity.
Having been introduced to those sites, some of us would then use their blogging platform to write posts about the sites we liked, which our followers could read. We'd share and discuss our finds.
Bookmarking became a collective activity.
December 16, 2024 at 9:11 PM
As far as I know, nothing like it exists, today.
Having been introduced to those sites, some of us would then use their blogging platform to write posts about the sites we liked, which our followers could read. We'd share and discuss our finds.
Bookmarking became a collective activity.
Having been introduced to those sites, some of us would then use their blogging platform to write posts about the sites we liked, which our followers could read. We'd share and discuss our finds.
Bookmarking became a collective activity.
Simple thumbs up or thumbs down. Their algorithm then learned from ones replies, and tailored its selections to be more in keeping with one's likes. It was fun, and it introduced one to a lot of sites that one probably would have never found on one's own.
December 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Simple thumbs up or thumbs down. Their algorithm then learned from ones replies, and tailored its selections to be more in keeping with one's likes. It was fun, and it introduced one to a lot of sites that one probably would have never found on one's own.
Regrettably, you can't, now. It fell victim to managerial egotism, self-destructed and then, a few years later, was shut down. But back before it was ruined, one would click on a button, their software would randomly select a site and then you'd get to say whether or not you liked it.
December 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Regrettably, you can't, now. It fell victim to managerial egotism, self-destructed and then, a few years later, was shut down. But back before it was ruined, one would click on a button, their software would randomly select a site and then you'd get to say whether or not you liked it.
"I would like to hear what you mean by 'social bookmarking'."
Have you ever heard of either of these sites? Diigo? Stumbleupon?
Have you ever heard of either of these sites? Diigo? Stumbleupon?
December 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
"I would like to hear what you mean by 'social bookmarking'."
Have you ever heard of either of these sites? Diigo? Stumbleupon?
Have you ever heard of either of these sites? Diigo? Stumbleupon?
"but, if you can put whatever it was behind you,"
Easily. Everything got worked out, and there are no hard feelings left at my end.
Easily. Everything got worked out, and there are no hard feelings left at my end.
December 14, 2024 at 9:22 PM
"but, if you can put whatever it was behind you,"
Easily. Everything got worked out, and there are no hard feelings left at my end.
Easily. Everything got worked out, and there are no hard feelings left at my end.
"I'm not quite sure what happened to you with BlueSky mods,"
My best guess, at this point, is that I ran into a badly programmed AI that the staff has since either repaired or turned off.
My best guess, at this point, is that I ran into a badly programmed AI that the staff has since either repaired or turned off.
December 14, 2024 at 9:21 PM
"I'm not quite sure what happened to you with BlueSky mods,"
My best guess, at this point, is that I ran into a badly programmed AI that the staff has since either repaired or turned off.
My best guess, at this point, is that I ran into a badly programmed AI that the staff has since either repaired or turned off.
That's the only time I've ever been a gangster. I was coming down a black ice-coated alley, and some psycho chose to accelerate toward under the worst stopping conditions possible, while I miraculously managed to scramble out of the way of his oncoming car.
After which it was go time.
After which it was go time.
December 14, 2024 at 6:54 PM
That's the only time I've ever been a gangster. I was coming down a black ice-coated alley, and some psycho chose to accelerate toward under the worst stopping conditions possible, while I miraculously managed to scramble out of the way of his oncoming car.
After which it was go time.
After which it was go time.
I guess I'll have to keep looking to give proper attribution for the photo above.
November 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I guess I'll have to keep looking to give proper attribution for the photo above.
Did I search under Maxpixel and found these three reviews
www.sitejabber.com/reviews/maxp...
which share a troubling accusation - that Maxpixel was a scraper site, one that stole its content from other sites. If so, sorry, I didn't know that.
www.sitejabber.com/reviews/maxp...
which share a troubling accusation - that Maxpixel was a scraper site, one that stole its content from other sites. If so, sorry, I didn't know that.
November 27, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Did I search under Maxpixel and found these three reviews
www.sitejabber.com/reviews/maxp...
which share a troubling accusation - that Maxpixel was a scraper site, one that stole its content from other sites. If so, sorry, I didn't know that.
www.sitejabber.com/reviews/maxp...
which share a troubling accusation - that Maxpixel was a scraper site, one that stole its content from other sites. If so, sorry, I didn't know that.
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Hi. I WAS going to explain the concept of social bookmarking for the benefit of anybody who might not have heard of it, but I just had the bizarre experience of seeing the bleets you currently see below false flagged as spam, apparently by a mod, and of having to appeal those false flaggings.
November 23, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Hi. I WAS going to explain the concept of social bookmarking for the benefit of anybody who might not have heard of it, but I just had the bizarre experience of seeing the bleets you currently see below false flagged as spam, apparently by a mod, and of having to appeal those false flaggings.
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I am not amused. I guess the appeal was approved (without comment from the guilty parties), because I can see this account from my other account, but I'm still angry about this.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
November 23, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I am not amused. I guess the appeal was approved (without comment from the guilty parties), because I can see this account from my other account, but I'm still angry about this.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
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I'm about to shower, get dressed and head out. Into a suburb. Yeah, that's just sad. I'm going to have to do better, next weekend. Or this week, for that matter.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
November 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I'm about to shower, get dressed and head out. Into a suburb. Yeah, that's just sad. I'm going to have to do better, next weekend. Or this week, for that matter.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
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Later. If the petty harassment by the rogue employee is over, now. He was a rogue employee, right, Jack?
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
November 23, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Later. If the petty harassment by the rogue employee is over, now. He was a rogue employee, right, Jack?
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
Later. If the petty harassment by the rogue employee is over, now. He was a rogue employee, right, Jack?
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
November 23, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Later. If the petty harassment by the rogue employee is over, now. He was a rogue employee, right, Jack?
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
I'd hate to think that what I just saw had anything to do with company policy.
I'm about to shower, get dressed and head out. Into a suburb. Yeah, that's just sad. I'm going to have to do better, next weekend. Or this week, for that matter.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
November 23, 2024 at 10:57 PM
I'm about to shower, get dressed and head out. Into a suburb. Yeah, that's just sad. I'm going to have to do better, next weekend. Or this week, for that matter.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
One of the perks of self-employment: you can schedule your own weekends, so maybe this one will start on Tuesday.
I am not amused. I guess the appeal was approved (without comment from the guilty parties), because I can see this account from my other account, but I'm still angry about this.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
November 23, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I am not amused. I guess the appeal was approved (without comment from the guilty parties), because I can see this account from my other account, but I'm still angry about this.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
The good news is that it is Saturday, the best day of the week for getting past one's anger.
Hi. I WAS going to explain the concept of social bookmarking for the benefit of anybody who might not have heard of it, but I just had the bizarre experience of seeing the bleets you currently see below false flagged as spam, apparently by a mod, and of having to appeal those false flaggings.
November 23, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Hi. I WAS going to explain the concept of social bookmarking for the benefit of anybody who might not have heard of it, but I just had the bizarre experience of seeing the bleets you currently see below false flagged as spam, apparently by a mod, and of having to appeal those false flaggings.
I'll then stick in black rectangles as dividers, so people can tell where one essay ends and another begins, or when I'm just not posting an essay, at all.
November 23, 2024 at 10:40 PM
I'll then stick in black rectangles as dividers, so people can tell where one essay ends and another begins, or when I'm just not posting an essay, at all.
As a courtesy to the reader, I'd creating this little backroom, where I can post my blog post-like bleetstorms as replies to the bleets you see here, and then use the re-posting function to make them appear in a more pleasant, top-to-bottom format.
November 23, 2024 at 10:39 PM
As a courtesy to the reader, I'd creating this little backroom, where I can post my blog post-like bleetstorms as replies to the bleets you see here, and then use the re-posting function to make them appear in a more pleasant, top-to-bottom format.
Sometimes, something I write won't fit in a single bleet (or whatever these will be called), so I'll write a tweetstorm (or bleetstorm). The problem is that when one does that, the system tends to display them in reverse chronological order, and that can be hard to read.
November 23, 2024 at 10:36 PM
Sometimes, something I write won't fit in a single bleet (or whatever these will be called), so I'll write a tweetstorm (or bleetstorm). The problem is that when one does that, the system tends to display them in reverse chronological order, and that can be hard to read.
