1034: Share Buttons - Revision history

CalibansCreations: pretty sure the issues have been resolved

2025-03-20T08:43:43Z

pretty sure the issues have been resolved

172.70.127.191: someone else more skilled than me please take the wheel

2025-03-08T03:50:56Z

someone else more skilled than me please take the wheel

Bautistaarian at 16:41, 20 February 2025

2025-02-20T16:41:17Z

Bautistaarian at 16:39, 20 February 2025

2025-02-20T16:39:04Z

172.70.178.146: slight updating. how ancient is this good lord there was present tense terms when referring to google plus. also tried updating. someone please improve on this

2025-02-19T05:28:28Z

slight updating. how ancient is this good lord there was present tense terms when referring to google plus. also tried updating. someone please improve on this

141.101.98.68: Undo revision 364972 by AK24Ammit (talk) With no edit comment made, cannot differentiate between general cull of old tags (as user does) or actual disageement with this recent suggestion (valid?)

2025-02-10T09:47:38Z

Undo revision 364972 by AK24Ammit (talk) With no edit comment made, cannot differentiate between general cull of old tags (as user does) or actual disageement with this recent suggestion (valid?)

AK24Ammit at 02:30, 10 February 2025

2025-02-10T02:30:17Z

TV4Fun: I cast Summon Wiki Magic

2025-02-08T03:40:30Z

I cast Summon Wiki Magic

141.101.99.7: While I think that "Custom ROM" is wider than the specific Android OS (flash-ROMs, etc, long predate that, and are more firmware like than a 'software ROM'), the changes removed any attempt at explaining. A good rewrite as system-agnostic would be better.

2024-01-03T21:06:25Z

While I think that "Custom ROM" is wider than the specific Android OS (flash-ROMs, etc, long predate that, and are more firmware like than a 'software ROM'), the changes removed any attempt at explaining. A good rewrite as system-agnostic would be better.

172.71.94.144 at 10:02, 3 January 2024

2024-01-03T10:02:22Z

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 | titletext = The only post to achieve perfect balance between the four was a hilarious joke about Mark Zuckerberg getting caught using a pseudonym to sneak past the TSA.
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 This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles would have attracted the most attention on different {{w|social networking services}} at the time of the publication of this comic, through share buttons showing the amount of interactions on the website they were shared to. This practice became outdated, in favor of using a single share button, without a share counter. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and the now-defunct {{w|Google plus|Google+}}.
-*Twitterers were often stereotyped as constantly trying to be funny; hence, the article on stand-up comedy was shared most on Twitter.
+*Twitter users were often stereotyped as trying to be comedians; hence, the article on stand-up comedy was shared most on Twitter.
-*{{w|Conspiracy theory}} articles played well on Reddit, especially if they were against the {{w|Christian Right}} and for {{w|Wikipedia}}, as there was a very prominent atheist community on Reddit.
+*{{w|Conspiracy theory}} articles garnered attention on Reddit, especially if they were against the {{w|Christian Right}} and supported {{w|Wikipedia}}, as at the time, the atheist community on Reddit was very prominent.
 *"Boycott Facebook" articles were ironically popular on Facebook. Google+, being semantically akin to Facebook, also had a significant anti-Facebook community. One of the punchlines is that Google+ wasn't being used often, before being closed down in 2019.

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 :DIY: Installing a Custom ROM on a Realdoll
 :FB: 0, Twitter: 0, Reddit: 0, G+: 2
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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles would have attracted the most attention on different {{w|social networking services}}, through share buttons showing the amount of interactions on the website they were shared to. This practice became outdated, in favor of using a single share button, without a share counter. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|Google plus|Google+}}.
+This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles would have attracted the most attention on different {{w|social networking services}} at the time of the publication of this comic, through share buttons showing the amount of interactions on the website they were shared to. This practice became outdated, in favor of using a single share button, without a share counter. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and the now-defunct {{w|Google plus|Google+}}.
 *Twitterers were often stereotyped as constantly trying to be funny; hence, the article on stand-up comedy was shared most on Twitter.

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 ==Explanation==
-This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles work best on different {{w|social networking services}}. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|Google plus|Google+}}.
+This comic is a commentary on what sort of articles would have attracted the most attention on different {{w|social networking services}}, through share buttons showing the amount of interactions on the website they were shared to. This practice became outdated, in favor of using a single share button, without a share counter. From left to right the share buttons are: {{w|Facebook}}, {{w|Twitter}}, {{w|Reddit}}, and {{w|Google plus|Google+}}.
-*Twitterers are often stereotyped as constantly trying to be funny; hence, the article on stand-up comedy is shared most on Twitter.
+*Twitterers were often stereotyped as constantly trying to be funny; hence, the article on stand-up comedy was shared most on Twitter.
-*{{w|Conspiracy theory}} articles play well on Reddit, especially if they are against the {{w|Christian Right}} and for {{w|Wikipedia}}, as there is a large and loud atheist community on Reddit.
+*{{w|Conspiracy theory}} articles played well on Reddit, especially if they were against the {{w|Christian Right}} and for {{w|Wikipedia}}, as there was a very prominent atheist community on Reddit.
-*"Boycott Facebook" articles are ironically popular on Facebook. Google+, being semantically akin to Facebook, also had a significant anti-Facebook community. One of the punchlines is that Google+ was struggling and not used much, before being finally closed down in 2019.
+*"Boycott Facebook" articles were ironically popular on Facebook. Google+, being semantically akin to Facebook, also had a significant anti-Facebook community. One of the punchlines is that Google+ wasn't being used often, before being closed down in 2019.
-*The last article gets almost no shares at all — not many want to admit they are reading an article about a {{w|RealDoll}}, a type of sex doll. (Also mentioned in [[Game AIs]] and [[Flying Cars]].) A custom ROM is an aftermarket distribution of the {{w|Android (operating system)|Android}} operating system and are often targeted toward enthusiasts. This community exists primarily on Google+ (as Google is the main developer of Android), and was one of the few active communities on that social network. As Android is an operating system primarily aimed at {{w|smartphones}} and {{w|tablet computers}}, installing it on a RealDoll, whilst possible due to Android's {{w|open source}} nature, would be a very niche activity, and the low number of shares indicates that it only interests a small portion of the already-small (relative to other social networks) Google+ community.
+*The last article got almost no shares at all — not many would want to admit they are reading an article about a {{w|RealDoll}}, a type of sex doll. (Also mentioned in [[Game AIs]] and [[Flying Cars]].) A custom ROM is an aftermarket distribution of the {{w|Android (operating system)|Android}} operating system and are often targeted toward enthusiasts. This community existed primarily on Google+ (as Google is the main developer of Android), and was one of the few active communities on that social network. As Android is an operating system primarily aimed at {{w|smartphones}} and {{w|tablet computers}}, installing it on a RealDoll, whilst possible due to Android's {{w|open source}} nature, would be a very niche activity, and the low number of shares indicates that it only interested a small portion of the already-small (relative to other social networks) Google+ community.
 The title text humorously combines appealing subjects for all four networks:

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		+	{{incomplete\|This article needs to be rewritten to be more timely. Things like Google+, Twitter, and the "large and loud atheist community on Reddit" should not be referenced in the present tense. Share buttons like this are also not seen very often anymore, particularly with these share counters. This should be rewritten to provide some historical context for these buttons, as it may be confusing to younger readers.}}

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−	{{incomplete\|This article needs to be rewritten to be more timely. Things like Google+, Twitter, and the "large and loud atheist community on Reddit" should not be referenced in the present tense. Share buttons like this are also not seen very often anymore, particularly with these share counters. This should be rewritten to provide some historical context for these buttons, as it may be confusing to younger readers.}}

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 *"Boycott Facebook" articles are ironically popular on Facebook. Google+, being semantically akin to Facebook, also had a significant anti-Facebook community. One of the punchlines is that Google+ was struggling and not used much, before being finally closed down in 2019.
-*The last article gets almost no shares at all — not many want to admit they are reading an article about a {{w|RealDoll}}, a type of sex doll. (Also mentioned in [[Game AIs]] and [[Flying Cars]].) Installing it on a RealDoll, whilst possible due to Android's {{w|open source}} nature, would be a very niche activity, and the low number of shares indicates that it only interests a small portion of the already-small (relative to other social networks) Google+ community.
+*The last article gets almost no shares at all — not many want to admit they are reading an article about a {{w|RealDoll}}, a type of sex doll. (Also mentioned in [[Game AIs]] and [[Flying Cars]].) Installing it on a RealDoll would be a very niche activity, and the low number of shares indicates that it only interests a small portion of the already-small community.
 The title text humorously combines appealing subjects for all four networks: