this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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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.

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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There’s a special place in hell for whoever started that blocking paste shit, right next to the popup ad guy.

...and the guy that came up with the HTML tag.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Didn’t he write that as a joke after they went out drinking one night early in Netscape’s development?

Not too many drunk pranks get codified for years in standards documentation!

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Montulli

There's your perpetrator. He claims he didn't write the code but it was his idea. Go get him!