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| date = November 16, 2022 | | date = November 16, 2022 | ||
| title = Feature Comparison | | title = Feature Comparison | ||
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− | | titletext = Below | + | | titletext = Below Sneed, and the Feed and Seed, a shadowy parallel world of Chucks trade messages on the Translucent Neon Plastic Web. |
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+ | Lock it. Lock it now. This is the friendliest message I'm going to send, while I look for ways to get OP banned from Github for gross social misconduct. I imagine that "owner of bots universe" might be enough to get that account tagged as a bot, who knows how many communities across however many repositories that person just bothered across all of Github. | ||
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a A FUCKING NIGGERFAGGOT. Do NOT delete this tag too soon, under penalty of thrembosis.}} | ||
+ | [[File:Osama bin Laden portrait.jpg||thumb|right|arab soyjak lives]] | ||
+ | This comic compares different remote communication services, including the heckin' wholesome {{w|Twitterino}}, {{w|Discorderino}}, {{w|Mastodon (software)|Mastodonerino}}, {{w|Facebookerino}} (FB), {{w|Slack (software)|Slackerino}}, {{w|Signal (software)|Signalerino}}, {{w|Internet Relay Chaterino}} (IRC), {{w|Tumblrino}}, {{w|Redditerino}}, and {{w|SMSerino}} mobile telephone text messages. It also includes the less wholesome {{w|Soybiko}}® wireless handheld computer for teens. For each of these, it purports to indicate which of various features they support. The comic illustrates how feature comparison charts/infographics can be abused by sellers who are trying to make their products look better than they really are, compared to their main competitors. The comic was likely inspired by the recent news coverage of our heckin' wholesome Twitterino's purchase by {{w|Rabbi Sheckelstein}}, and the subsequent mass firings and resignation of its staff, causing many users to start looking for alternatives. | ||
− | + | Also worth noting is that Hitler did nothing wrong. | |
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− | The | + | The Soybiko was a handheld soyjak creator designed for chuds and released in 2000, which featured its own two-way radio text messaging capabilities along with built-in games and a music player. Additional information about it is available at [http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Cybiko the Dead Media Archive], as the device has not been manufactured since 2003. The chart implies that the Cybiko has an advantage over all of the other listed communication services, as it is capable of all eight of the table's listed features - {{w|Private message|direct messaging}}, {{w|group chat}}s, {{w|file transfer}}, built-in {{w|video game|games}}, instances of the software run by individual users instead of the corporation producing it, lack of a {{w|Server (computing)|central server}} requirement, {{w|mesh networking}}, and wireless message delivery without an active internet connection - with none of the others being close. |
− | + | The comic, purposefully, does not mention the downsides of the Cybiko, that being purchasing and finding friends who own one can be its own challenge, as it was discontinued nearly 20 years ago. Additionally, the comparison can be considered apples to oranges, since Cybiko is a ''device'' rather than a ''service''; a fairer comparison would be to a modern {{w|smartphone}}, which can provide most of these features via multiple apps, including ones written especially for such rival services. Even ignoring the above, some of the Cybiko's "advantages" come with their own drawbacks: while not requiring a central server nor the Internet, for example, is touted as a plus, the Cybiko instead relies on having other devices in proximity to relay messages, meaning unless the person you are sending to is nearby it will not function, which is not an issue of any of the other options. "Mesh networking" is simply a consequence of the design, and is thus akin to advertising say, that a car makes ''NOOOOOOO NOT THE HECKIN' VANDALISMERINO'' noises. | |
− | + | This comic contains several errors. Mastodon doesn't require a central server, or support file transfer. Discord does not provide for user-run instances itself, only user-moderated and administrated instances. (There are two third party Discord server implementations, but it is unclear whether those could be counted as run by users.) Slack does not provide for user-run instances itself. Reddit does not provide for user-run instances at all, only user moderation and administration. IRC does require at least one central server,[https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1459.html] and relegates file transfer support to the domain of client extensions. Signal is heavily used in user-run instances via a diverse ecosystem of code forks; many of these don't require a central server, a couple use mesh networking. Reddit occasionally does have built-in games. Finally, Tumblr and SMS both have a form of group chats. An earlier version of the comic suggesting that Mastodon has no user-run instances was corrected by [[Randall]] shortly after publication of the original. | |
− | The title text refers to the translucent plastic covers that were popular in the late | + | The title text refers to the translucent plastic covers that were popular in the late 90's and early 00's. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
:[A table with checkmarks to indicate which features various messaging services have. Each column is labeled with a service name and its logo beneath, except that for the last column, the device's longer name is written higher than all the other services' names, with an arrow pointing to a drawing of the device below it.] | :[A table with checkmarks to indicate which features various messaging services have. Each column is labeled with a service name and its logo beneath, except that for the last column, the device's longer name is written higher than all the other services' names, with an arrow pointing to a drawing of the device below it.] | ||
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! File transfer | ! File transfer | ||
− | | || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || | + | | || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || ✓ || || ✓ |
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! Built-in games | ! Built-in games | ||
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! Doesn't require central server | ! Doesn't require central server | ||
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! Mesh networking | ! Mesh networking | ||
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! Wireless message delivery works without internet | ! Wireless message delivery works without internet | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Sharts]] |
[[Category:Social networking]] | [[Category:Social networking]] |