Copying the source can lead to doxxing, brigading, threats of violence, and other trouble
this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2024
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Maybe, but image posts drive more engagement than text ones. You can see on !lowqualityfacts@lemmy.zip that the text posts, which are no worse LQFs than any other ones IMO, score noticeably lower.
I like sites / Lemmy frontends that provide some kind of 'teaser' for text posts (they also show a bit of the post's body in the main feed), meaning you can often see both the feed line and the punchline for a post without going into it (it works well for 'dad jokes' for example). But the default frontend - lemmy-ui - doesn't do that, so it hobbles the potential of text posts.
Here’s the correct way:
- Take a photo of your screen with a camera.
- Have the film developed or print that photo if you have a digital camera.
- Make necessary highlights with a pen.
- Scan the paper.
- Upload the file here.
~~5. Upload the file here.~~
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Open a new Word document, embed the scanned image
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Print as PDF
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Upload the file here
I swear if I get another Word document with nothing more than a screenshot pasted inside I’m going to run off a cliff. Everyday at work. Microsoft must love this.
This guy boomers lol.
I've had someone at work do that. They printed an email, highlighted and wrote in their responses, and sent it back as a .jpg.
That was just the sort version. There are even more convoluted ways some consider to be unnatural.
Linking to the source seems more boomerish than screenshotting to me. Boomers don't know how to screenshot, and it's more cumbersome to have to go to a new site.
Power consumption? Takes more power to make a net connection to go to another site, and takes a LOT longer.
Plus, following links drives traffic and provides even more tracking.
Just copy paste the smartfunny words. 99% of the time I'm not interested in the nickname of the person nor their avatar, so you source-link only because it's nice. :)