@jprr The final line got me: "all things considered, though, it’s just like Wuthering Heights — if Emily Brontë were a complete fucking idiot, that is." That's fantastic.
@hbgphotoguy I’ll have to try them the next time I’m out that way. But I would have to add Tommy’s and the Pizza House in Gettysburg to my list of local favorites.
@hbgphotoguy There’s one (or used to be, haven’t been up there in a bit) up by the Costco.
@hbgphotoguy Which Two Brothers? I know of at least three in Hbg. There was also one here in Etters that had good pizza, but they’re closed now. My personal best is Victory Pig — it’s Old Forge style pizza up in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.
@Ellico2020bis It wasn’t just the Royals. There were other incidents, other things before that. I didn’t necessarily disagree with him on any of it, but the acceleration of the drama in each case makes me very wary of him as a site admin/owner.
@Ellico2020bis The main thing with him is that he’s a drama magnet. He seeks it out but doesn’t seem to respond well to it. That’s one of the main reasons I won’t touch his stuff anymore. Only a matter of time before there’s a major meltdown.
@yadayadayada the gin glows in the dark…
@FrankCannon Money or the ego boost... I don't mind the shilling near as much as I mind the "like/follow me" spam. If you have good content, I'll like/follow you. Don't beg.
@FrankCannon It's more work here. I doubt they'll ever be the same issue here as elsewhere where the get dropped into everyone's line of sight automatically.
@FrankCannon The dynamic here, as well as the system, won't work for them. It's a bit more conversation and connection driven. I mentioned to someone else that it's more like the message boards and forums of a few years back before corporate social media took over.
@FrankCannon It's an interesting dynamic. Almost like mini cults of personality based on basic messages their followers emphasize with and a call to action of "liking" it and following them everywhere.
@FrankCannon They're clout chasers, so their desire for monetization and/or followers takes a back seat to integrity when the new social media flavor of the month pops up.
@sumpnlikefaith And that pales in comparison to the false alarm where the Soviet early warning system detected multiple missiles launched by the US, and a Soviet Lt. Colonel defied standing orders and decided it was a false alarm on his own. That was shortly after the downing of KAL 007, so tensions were really high.
@Minholkin @th3j35t3r Here it’s quality over quantity. A larger user base focused on self-promotion is not a sustainable model in a user supported site.
@Minholkin @th3j35t3r It has that “big board” feel of the days before “influencers”. More chatter from and among people, less of the positioning and posturing to monetize a personality or ego. The community feel comes from steady organic growth, not rapid influx of influencers with their entourage of followers and sycophants.
@sumpnlikefaith I know among my peers, we never expected to see adulthood. And that was without knowing how close we came with things like Able Archer. Imagine our feelings of doom had we known!
@sumpnlikefaith The genre including Testament and The Day After that helped shape Gen X's mindset!
@Minholkin @th3j35t3r I miss the old days when there were tons of hobbyist/niche sites. Maybe there were ads, but those were just to support the site. I still run one that we opened in 2005. Most of the people have moved on, but a number check in every now and then to post/update folks. Commercial social media did it in, though. This place is a bit of a throwback to those simpler and more homey times.
@voltronic Credit score? Screw that noise. No sense prioritizing targets for the bad actors *when* Threads suffers a data breach.
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