I recently tried posting a link to an anti-annexation protest event I created, however EhNow (similar to twitter), the site I used to create the event, apparently won’t let you view it without being a registered user, which I did not realize. Seems I inadvertently did the most offensive and suspicious thing anyone has ever done, ever, by posting such a link. I was wrong to assume people knew what EhNow is, so here’s a video about it.
Oh my god, give it a fucking rest!
You posted a link that required a login, and people said “I’m not signing up for a social media account just to read a single article.” Your response was to insult everyone and tell them that they signed up for lemmy so they should have no problem with EhNow.
Quit acting so butthurt and grow up. You’re doing a great job of making me avoid EhNow.
Yeah, 1000% I was put off by their behaviour, more than anything else in the thread. The URL not matching was absolutely questionable, and if OP had said “whoops, typo” or even just “huh, weird” I might’ve accepted it, but instead they acted like they got caught splicing a speedrun world record, high and mighty and like it was offensive that people wouldn’t just click any link a stranger sent them. They were rude in nearly every comment on the whole post.
The whole thing put me off, and that’s when I downvoted the whole thing as a potential phishing scam and silently left the thread.
Please stop any more of your tears and I’ll drown!
I’m the butthurt one, eh?
You still haven’t told us who this D-list mystery ce-web-rity Tom Puffin or whatever is.
It’s not my job to educate you.
Ah yes educating people on the famous Tom Puffin. How onerous.
You probably are Tom Puffin and are here to shill your Kmart ass Canadian twitter clone.
We have Mastodon k thanks Tom. Bye now.
Lol. What are you, like 14?
First of all, flaunting your ignorance to the point of repeatedly getting the dude’s name wrong when his name is IN THE TITLE OF THE POST is very much not the flex you think it is.
But hey, I’m feeling generous, so since in your infinite hours of being chronically online, you don’t have a minute to search the guy on a search engine, I’ll help you out.
He’s the guy who made the Unplug America website, a list of Canadian alternatives to American tech, which is where I learned about the existence of Lemmy, Ehnow, and others.
Other than that, I don’t really know. He’s got a lot more internet clout than I do, which is why I thought posting his video might give the links I was trying to post more credibility. Haven’t heard of EhNow? Ok, here’s a video about it. I’m not chronically online to the point of being too cynical to talk like a human being, so I don’t know much more about him. You’re going to have to do at least a little bit of work yourself if you want to know more. Sorry if that’s too hard.
The most laughable part of that last comment is how you just assume that I’m “Tom” which only adds to the cringe and secondhand embarrassment I feel for you.
“I’ve never heard of this guy therefore he’s YOU! Giving him a dumb little nickname makes me look smarter! k bye”
I can think of another dude who gives people dumb little nicknames whenever he’s upset. Can you guess who I’m talking about?
Jesus christ I can’t remember the last time I’ve cringed so hard.
Chill Jessie
wHo’S jEsSiE? mUsT bE YoU!
k bYe JeSsIe
OMG guys the link OP posted youtu.be, not youtube.com! Watch oooout!
In all seriousness, from what I got from the thread, the suspicion was that the one link was ehnow and another was ehnw, which is a common phishing tactic (especially how the latter goes straight to an Apple Appstore listing). I don’t think it was a direct attack on the legitimacy of Eh Now itself or you. Plus, people hate sign ups here because many, including myself, have been burned by centralized services. Which is why users here take a more scrutinizing position:
Wtf is Eh Now? Why make a centralized service when Mastodon is right there? What kind of people and company run Eh Now? How is my data going to be used? Is it even worth signing up to see a schedule to a protest I won’t be going to? Why should I care if one famous “elbows up” guy endorses it?
I think these are all fair questions and I don’t think you need to take it personally.
- The name is hella forced
- Lacks momentum, and likely always will
- Social media needs to decentralize yesterday, so, no thanks
Who??
Thanks for the video. I was interested but yes the login page meant I couldn’t see what it was, unfortunately.
I wasn’t offended, but disappointed that I couldn’t find out what it was.
I know that a de-centralized platform is better, that’s why I’m here of course, but I do think that a Canadian hosted and controlled centralized Twitter replacement is something more palatable to many folks that “liked Twitter but hate X”. If we can get the Canadian public and officials posting to there then gradually phase out Xitter engagement then we’ll all be better for it.
Mastodon can be part of the solution too, but I refuse to hold out for “Masto or bust”. I like Mastodon as it is right now, there’s no need to force it to grow, it will on its own over time.
For me, it’s not even “Masto or Bust.” It just makes sense to just use Mastodon if you want something like Twitter but Canadian. Why bother with reinventing the wheel?? If an ethical, Canadian-owned company started a Twitter alternative, and it is really good and popular I may consider using it but it would take a lot to convince me.
