BoingBoing move to substack

[womanhood_deferred]

@Dogbutler

Might just be time to beg the Egyptian Godthingymajig

That worked for me, lol

[Grey_Devil]

@Dogbutler

Might just be time to beg the Egyptian Godthingymajig

@MerelyGifted is literally right there. Ask her nicely to put in the good word

/s

[Dogbutler]

Anyone know how long is left over there?

We need a “Countdown to Relieved Sigh” Clock maybe.

Much as I loved the place.

[RAvery]

@kxkvi

should we do it BB’s way?

Let us not do things the BB way.

[Kii]

@MerelyGifted

Do you like beer and dancing?

I do! And also (obviously) cats

[Dogbutler]

says no

Why is this little critter always the first to load?

[Grey_Devil]

I hope they’re here i’m trying to reach them and i’m nervous that they won’t see the DM.

[mindysan33]

It used to be this… Maybe I should go back to this…

You know I’m not myself a bun, right @MrShiv?

[chenille]

I think it’s a Unix thing.

[Grey_Devil]

@mindysan33

You know I’m not myself a bun, right @MrShiv?

I don’t see proof that you’re not one

[gwwar]

Sad to see the end of the BoingBoing forum community due to a platform switch.

[LurkingGrue]

@nosaj

BB’s fall from Internet Powerhouse in the aughts to its current Semi-Obscure Website status is a wretched thing. Watching the ads get weirder and more intrusive was a bad sign. The composition of the articles got more click-bait and rage-bait. The link to “Comments” at the bottom of articles disappeared outright some time in the past month or so. I didn’t connect the dots at the time, but looking back I’m pretty sure I’m reading them correctly now.

I admit I was slowing down reading a lot there but BB was still always on the top of my feeds. The AI slop images were cute at first but at some point it started to be awkward. When Cory left that put in a huge hole and then Xeni leaving just was more of that platform decay. I could tolerate the store with all the very questionable merch but it really felt like they were desperate and selling out where they could without completely destroying the place.

Subscribing at substack to read the articles makes me question how much I want to read there much less give them my credit card info.

Not sure If I want to hang that close to a Nazi bar.

[Tammi_2.0]

@LurkingGrue

Not sure If I want to hang that close to a Nazi bar.

It’s a private members table, though! /S

Yeah.

[NukeML]

'Tis done

[Dogbutler]

@chenille

I think it’s a Unix thing.

Bloody Antartic thing, if you ask me.

Oh, there he is again, FFS

[Tammi_2.0]

That General Moderation Topic is reading like a wall of rememberance.

[AnnaPhylaxis]

In a way, I’m kind of sad I never got a post announcing my anonymization. Guess that’s what I get for being an early mover. I DMed Ken before even finishing the ‘rejoice’ () thread when it was still under 50 replies.

[chenille]

Only I hear the stones lament them: deep they delved us, fair they wrought us, high they builded us; but they are gone. They are gone. They sought the havens long ago.

[Dogbutler]

I’m expecting my own expunging there quite soon.
Pretty sad, ain’t it?

Still, look what we got here!

No, not you, how the fuck d’you keep getting in here?

[Tammi_2.0]

Have you tried feeding it?

First one’s free.