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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.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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[–] [email protected] 227 points 2 months ago (14 children)

It probably saves insane amounts of bandwidth. But at what cost :(

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Curious as to why that would be the case. Unless people are starting videos, letting them buffer, then reloading and doing it again.

It should be the same amount of bandwidth, otherwise, right?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People opening 8 hour long music videos, then pausing them after half an hour and just keeping it open while they do something else.

Then they come back after multiple hours and just close the browser.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

Yeah i dont use youtube like that either but lots of people open videos and close them without finishing them because loss of interest or attention or whatever.

[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's just people not finishing videos. Buffered but never played. In aggregate it adds up to a lot.

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