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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5000 on: December 01, 2020, 11:20:30 AM »
A tweet of a video belongs in interesting videos or interesting tweets thread ?

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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5001 on: December 01, 2020, 11:24:17 AM »
A tweet of a video belongs in interesting videos or interesting tweets thread ?

If tweets of things needed to go in threads of the things they were about, there would be no tweets thread.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5002 on: December 01, 2020, 11:31:49 AM »
If tweets of things needed to go in threads of the things they were about, there would be no tweets thread.
Nu, shnell. I’ve got stuff to post. :)

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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5003 on: December 01, 2020, 11:38:29 AM »
If tweets of things needed to go in threads of the things they were about, there would be no tweets thread.

Put that in a tweet OIDH

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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5004 on: December 01, 2020, 11:39:08 AM »
Well, that's precisely the paradox here:

If videos of things needed to go in threads of the things they were about, there would be no videos thread.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5005 on: December 01, 2020, 01:15:26 PM »
A tweet of a video belongs in interesting videos or interesting tweets thread ?

Videos thread. Twitter isn't a dedicated video-sharing platform, and
people don't necessarily come to the tweets thread expecting videos.
« Last Edit: December 01, 2020, 01:46:57 PM by Randomex »
"Any word can mean anything! By giving words new meanings, ordinary English can become an exclusionary code!" -Cal.&Hob.

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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5006 on: December 01, 2020, 01:16:08 PM »
Put that in a tweet OIDH

No Twitter... Do you sell Tweets?
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5007 on: December 01, 2020, 01:22:12 PM »
Well, that's precisely the paradox here:

Not quite a paradox. The thread titles are inclusive of things which may fall into other categories, but can be posted in the general Tweets/Pictures/Videos threads by virtue of being interesting, funny, or random. The dilemma is where to post without violating the 12th Commandment of "Thou shalt not cross-post." Personally, I'd x-post with a disclaimer, and brace for the ire of the x-post police.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5008 on: December 01, 2020, 01:49:25 PM »
Not an issue:
Quote from: Dan
"12. No cross-posting.  Do not make the same post on 2 different boards or threads."

Interestingly:
Quote from: Wikipedia
Crossposting is the act of posting the same message to multiple information channels; forums, mailing lists, or newsgroups. This is distinct from multiposting, which is the posting of separate identical messages, individually, to each channel, (a forum, a newsgroup, an email list, or topic area).

There's info there about why you would (true-)crosspost: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5009 on: December 01, 2020, 02:19:10 PM »
The video should've gone in the video thread and the joke in the puns thread.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5010 on: December 01, 2020, 02:52:43 PM »
A tweet of a video belongs in interesting videos or interesting tweets thread ?

A Tweet that's about Covid and the NFL... where do I post it? Covid board Tweets, or JS funny Tweets?
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5011 on: December 01, 2020, 03:13:54 PM »
(Does anyone seriously care about multiposting?) I'd say it goes in the funny thread if it's funny.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5012 on: December 01, 2020, 03:16:00 PM »
No Twitter... Do you sell Tweets?

But of course. Can you tell who the buyers are for each of these? https://twitter.com/Squilled

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« Reply #5013 on: December 01, 2020, 04:17:09 PM »
But of course. Can you tell who the buyers are for each of these? https://twitter.com/Squilled

Thanks for the Twitter rabbit hole. I didn't really see any paid posts, although there was plenty of product placement. DD seems to be on a monthly plan.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5014 on: December 05, 2020, 09:41:39 PM »
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"The community of Waldsolms posthumously thanks the Wedel couple for this important inheritance," the community said in a statement.

When a sentence is structured like the one above, is the thanks being given after the couple's death or the community's?
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5015 on: December 05, 2020, 10:04:15 PM »
When a sentence is structured like the one above, is the thanks being given after the couple's death or the community's?
+1

This would be better:

"The community of Waldsolms thanks the Wedel couple, posthumously, for this important inheritance," the community said in a statement.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5016 on: December 05, 2020, 10:17:16 PM »
+1

This would be better:

"The community of Waldsolms thanks the Wedel couple, posthumously, for this important inheritance," the community said in a statement.

I think the word is superfluous. It's an inheritance.
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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5017 on: December 05, 2020, 10:47:17 PM »
I think the word is superfluous. It's an inheritance.

Maybe the Wedels were the community.

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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5018 on: December 05, 2020, 11:12:16 PM »
Alright, which one of y'all is this, with a username of OyVeizMeir?

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Re: Re: Random questions.
« Reply #5019 on: December 06, 2020, 03:26:53 PM »
Can anyone help me identify this font?

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