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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #15 on: November 09, 2020, 08:34:14 PM »
Since the shamdemic, I've got a Deplorables-only gaming table, not originally designed because of politics, but based on who was literally willing to die (LOL) for the chance to toss dice and chew pizza.

I'm running one game and playing in another (slated to start in half an hour, actually), and character death is a very real thing for both. One of my characters already died, and in the Zagyg game I'm running there have been almost three TPKs. It's a lot more fun than the 5th edition crap I played where dying was almost impossible; players actually think things through a bit. Probably never playing another RPG where you can't die unless it's something that death wouldn't make much sense, like Amber or whatever.
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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #16 on: November 09, 2020, 08:47:04 PM »
If Parler & Gab are heavily political, I wonder if either is good for RPG chatter. Or do you think that post-election, the audience is going to start branching into other discussions?

And what's a normie in 2020? I can see anti-political people (aka, I don't care, don't want to know, or this is my time away from strife), but I wonder if those people are happy enough with Twatter. My anti-political friends walked away from all social media except for family-only groups on Farcebook. Maybe MeWe would be the better platform for non-politicized RPG talk?

But outside of anti-political people, everyone's taken sides and I suspect because of the all-pervasiveness of SJW bullshit in culture (including dorky elf games) the number of people willing to break bread with "the opposition" is plummeting.

Since the shamdemic, I've got a Deplorables-only gaming table, not originally designed because of politics, but based on who was literally willing to die (LOL) for the chance to toss dice and chew pizza.

I think that MeWe is great for gaming chat. I don't know if Parler ever will be. That remains to be seen.
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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2020, 03:00:43 AM »
It is like disconnecting someone you are against from the telephone network, or mail (and going after alternative telephone operators as well). It is an incredible abuse of a monopolist's power, and should have been punished mercilessly. Yet here we are, on the brink of a China-style censorship regime. Incredible.
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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #18 on: November 10, 2020, 08:43:50 AM »
I have been suspended on #Twitter for pointing out statistical facts. This reminds me that whether you're into politics or you're a #DnD  gamer, you should check out certain alternative free-speech social media sites that are really great! I share my favorites and where you can find me on them, and more:
#osr #election


Pundit, what reason was given if any? I assume you got suspended for linking the Benford's Law website.

A contributor over at Legal Insurrection got locked out for sharing said link, with the reason being he'd violated Twitter's guidelines on revenge porn. Very weird, albeit par for the course with Twatter.

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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #19 on: November 10, 2020, 05:42:39 PM »
I have been suspended on #Twitter for pointing out statistical facts. This reminds me that whether you're into politics or you're a #DnD  gamer, you should check out certain alternative free-speech social media sites that are really great! I share my favorites and where you can find me on them, and more:
#osr #election


Pundit, what reason was given if any? I assume you got suspended for linking the Benford's Law website.

A contributor over at Legal Insurrection got locked out for sharing said link, with the reason being he'd violated Twitter's guidelines on revenge porn. Very weird, albeit par for the course with Twatter.

Yes, I and many many others got banned for sharing the Benford's Rule article, which points out the statistical evidence for significant voter fraud in the election.
I know this for a fact because I was required to remove that link to get back on Twitter.
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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #20 on: November 10, 2020, 05:47:06 PM »
I have been suspended on #Twitter for pointing out statistical facts. This reminds me that whether you're into politics or you're a #DnD  gamer, you should check out certain alternative free-speech social media sites that are really great! I share my favorites and where you can find me on them, and more:
#osr #election


Pundit, what reason was given if any? I assume you got suspended for linking the Benford's Law website.

A contributor over at Legal Insurrection got locked out for sharing said link, with the reason being he'd violated Twitter's guidelines on revenge porn. Very weird, albeit par for the course with Twatter.

Yes, I and many many others got banned for sharing the Benford's Rule article, which points out the statistical evidence for significant voter fraud in the election.
I know this for a fact because I was required to remove that link to get back on Twitter.
  Maybe math is not fact based enough for fact checkers?  It can not be that they are raging partisan and have an agenda could it?

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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #21 on: December 01, 2020, 05:04:11 PM »
#Twitter should not have suspended you, and such actions continue to be concerning, however #BenfordsLaw does not prove election fraud.

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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #22 on: December 04, 2020, 11:22:11 PM »
I found, during my very brief stint on Twitter this past summer, that there were actually a large number of truly old-school AD&D fans.  Not "OSR".  God damn I hate that term.

Anyway.

It was fun interacting with them, but it seemed like as summer wore on into autumn, that Twitter more and more wanted me to see political bullshit.  I wasn't actively seeking it out.  It just piled up like unread newspapers on my doorstep.  It's like their own algorithm was baiting me into stepping out of line. 

Then the thing with Biden's utterly corrupt and debased son happened, and when I saw that Twitter were actively helping the Biden campaign and not only banning people who mentioned it in general but that they'd locked the account of the oldest newspaper of note in the United States, and vowed that they would only unlock their account if they deleted the tweet linking to their own article, I said "Fuck this shit, if they'll go after the Post, then certainly I'm not safe."

Twitter is awful, and if I could destroy every server they utilize, erase every backup they have offsite in Iron Mountain or wherever, and sanction* every engineer there who has the programming knowledge to piece the client/server environment back together, I would do it in a heartbeat.

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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #23 on: December 05, 2020, 01:57:13 PM »
For social media, Discord is my choice (barring traditional forums like this one).  I have a MeWe account but don't really check it that much.

The ability to create a discussion board or join one that can be as specific or as broad as one desires is nice.  Other than occasionally asking if I want to sign up for their Nitro service, they don't seem to have any ads or try to use algorithms to urge me to join other things,  probably due to its origin as a chat gaming system system evolved, rather than intended as a traditional social media platform.  The result is it is exactly what I want from a social media service.  heh

I signed up for Twitter when it came out and have a test post and that's about it.  Haven't signed on in years: I don't feel like I've missed much.  I'll check some of the other options mentioned here more for curiosity's sake than anything else.

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...Also, they call their posts “Parlays” which just warms the cockles of my D&D heart...

I might consider joining just for that.  I love it.

...Startpage is offering untracked and unfiltered search engine results...

Been using DuckDuckGo for years for Search.  Is this similar in approach or possibly better in some way?
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Re: Twitter Dungeons & Alt-Media Dragons
« Reply #24 on: December 05, 2020, 03:00:24 PM »
Been using DuckDuckGo for years for Search.  Is this similar in approach or possibly better in some way?
Startpage's main advantage is that, being based in the Netherlands; which has much stronger privacy protection laws than the US; it has truly no-log searching while the owners of DuckDuckGo (US-based) have indicated that if served they would give up user search histories (which while private, do exist) immediately. The downside is that because of no logging there's no algorithmic (or even location-based unless its in your search terms) optimization which you would think is good, but can actually be a real pain in filtering down to useful results if you're just shopping for everyday items.

Honestly, there's no reason you can't use both, and just use the right one for the right task.