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pichlo | # 51 | 2019-03-16, 08:47 | Report

I wouldn't say it doesn't fit the forum. I for one enjoyed following it and found it both entertaining and educational.

Having said that, you have the power to delete it yourself . Simply delete the first post.

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Maemish | # 52 | 2019-03-16, 09:57 | Report

Can't find a way to delete the first one. All the next ones no problem and they show "Delete this post" option. I bumped to one old thread with a comment form one guy not wanting this place to become just another social garbage place but to stick on subject. I thought about it and yes, if I come to this forum I would not want to find myself in the middle of many threads just being social media type threads. I got this idea of to have one thread where people could post stuff like this but better not. It will be me posting and using this place as a facebook replacement.

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endsormeans | # 53 | 2019-03-16, 10:30 | Report

I am with pichlo on this
I don't suggest you delete your posts.
They are informative ...and written casually which makes for good reading.
Yes ..this place isn't conducive to a facebook floor plan....not really built that way...
Even off topic is sporadic in how topics come and go..
talking of the most recent oddities in our lives...or something we found interesting or funny..or sad...commiserate .....and we chat concerning all of it and how it impacts our lives.....
Even the "look what i drew" thread ...or the camera pic thread ...
are brief vignettes on our lives ...sharing with others...
I think it is more personal here than social media...
and there is no impetus here to post regularly like social media ...
also there is no "gain" in the same context as social media here...
I wouldn't worry about you thinking your thread will change this place...into a some kind of facebook.,.
It won't Maemish...
I don't think an army could.
you may wish to diversify though...from ...as you say...your facebook format that you are familiar with...
you may find that that format feels limiting here...

The largest drawback of facebook and its ilk...
is that to be heard and seen...one must shout about oneself...
One must do or say or write something that tops the last thing written ...to keep the captive audience..
Here you don't need to do that ..
If you write...we will listen...and answer..
we may or may not agree with you ...
We may laugh with you or at you..
We may call what you say insightful, illuminating, educating, pompous, foolish, funny, or downright rutabaga - dumb....
in any given conversation.
We are all equal opportunity hecklers and praise - makers here.
and we do have care and concern for our own...
regardless.
So ...don't go deleting anything just yet...

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Maemish | # 54 | 2019-03-16, 10:53 | Report

Ok. Changed the title back. Just have to do a lot of work with myself not go to the old me. Used to post 10 own posts and have maybe 50-100 posts in conversation per day on facebook. I always delete the account, am away for 6 monts and go back for 1-2 months and then have to delete again. Compulsively social.

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endsormeans | # 55 | 2019-03-16, 11:00 | Report

Best suggestion is...
Don't go back to social media....
It is well documented that such interactions that one would think would make one feel "part of a community" ....actually do the reverse...and make folks feel more isolated and alone than ever before...
and hence create a need to stay...or go back to it .
it is an unhealthy thing for our species ...social media......
"Black Mirror" did a great social media episode ...that clinches it.

Stick to TMO ...
Have some real conversations...here and in the actual world with others...
It is far more fulfilling.

Hell
Poke your head in "The Final Countdown" and say "yoo-hoo!"
at any hour ...and someone will show and chat ..about everything from cat milk to artificial intelligence..
Me...
I am done now though...
it is 4 am ....
Time for me to hit the snort fort and catch some zeds ...

Last edited by endsormeans; 2019-03-16 at 11:05.

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peterleinchen | # 56 | 2019-03-16, 15:39 | Report

Maybe also ask a moderator to restore the first post.
OIt was one of the best!

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Maemish | # 57 | 2019-03-16, 16:27 | Report

How to do that? Pliiz moderator restore the first post!

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Macros | # 58 | 2019-03-16, 17:46 | Report

I got you, here is your original text:

Originally Posted by maemish

This tells you a bit of me, Maemish, one member of this community. I hope this gives perspective on what kind of guys are lurking here and sometimes asking questions. Starting to resemble my father to whom I always laughed when he tried to get the scary grey boxes on windows to disappear before reading what it said in them, and then he shouted to the stupid computer which jammed.

Today I tried to watch the latest maemo leste video. Downloaded it but it didn't work with N900. I was glad I was offered to download it in different form. I did but it didn't work either.

Next thing I notice is that each time when I'm about to close Opera it says there is incomplete download going on. What??? I'm not downloading anything anymore!!!! I close the Opera and open again and it says the same!!! What is downloading to my hacker device?!? Was it a corrupted video package, disguised as mp4 or something phishy embedded to the video? And I was so stupid to just download "something"!!!

Ok, I will empty the history and memory and everything from Opera. Same goes on! I use the cleaning app and autoclean and remove and purge everything which I don't understand what they do but I hope the best. Still saying something is downloadin!!!

Hah, I close the device and open it again!!! That should do it. Still doing it!!! But wait - maybe something is downloading to videos still. I go and check videoplayer and I see incomplete video there. I delete it and Open Opera. It just doesn't go away!!!

So I remove the Opera, use the cleaning app again, install Opera again - but as soon as I open Opera and notice it opens the recent pages (!!!) even though I had uninstalled it and cleaned and everything!!! I'm now sure there is some tunneling stuff going on on back and I don't know what to do.

At last I click the top bar on Opera. Downloads. Hmm. What's this? I cancel the incomplete download and - amazingly Opera doesn't anymore say "download incomplete"!!! Me and my hacker device, which I know how to use to surf web, take pictures, send both (!) sms and fmms and make phonecalls, are safe!!!!!!!

Phiuuu. That was a close one. But I mastered it!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a real hacker!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taken from the google cache before it vanishes there too.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...d.php?t=100659

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pichlo | # 59 | 2019-03-16, 18:34 | Report

Originally Posted by endsormeans View Post

Best suggestion is...
Don't go back to social media....

...says he, whilst posting it to a social medium

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endsormeans | # 60 | 2019-03-16, 20:30 | Report

I hardly consider this place a "social media" outlet.

social ...it is..
utilizing a media format to do so ...yup
and we have the "thanks" button.

But past that..
I think similarity between say TMO ...and Facebook ..(or any of the other outlets of that ilk)..
ends there.

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