I forgot Mastodon was on F-Droid, shoulda checked there first
Truthsocial is higher rated than Reddit app? Interesting…
Ads
5 minutes ago I searched the app store for the word “Arby’s”. First result? The Hardee’s app. SEO is a cancer.
Of course they started with an existing platform to save time and money. When anyone else does it, it’s a smart way to save time and money. When anyone related to captain cheese ball does it, it’s because he’s cheap as shit. I wonder if the devs ever got paid.
They literally violated the AGPL license of Mastodon and thought they’d get away with it.
Literally the only reason why we know it’s based on Mastodon is because of some smart redditor forcing a page crash exposing the Mastodon error message warranting further investigation.
It wasn’t until they got called out and got a formal notification of the breach in terms that it got fixed; because if they didn’t with the 30days allotted time they would’ve been sued.AGPL is beautiful https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html#license-text
Yeah, the main reason I remember is they almost got sued over not disclosing it I think
They actually tried to hide that fact and even removed references to Mastodon in the UI until SF Conversancy threatened to sue them and permanently cut their license to it.
Lol the posts are called Truths. Someone should start Fake Social where the posts are called Fakes. And you can Refake others Fakes.
Well truth social is a mastodon server so same thing?
The truthier something claims to be, the less it is.
When I was out for a walk the other month, I saw a newspaper in a waterproof bag, propped up at the side of the path by a hedge. It was called The Light, and boldly claimed to be “the uncensored truth”. Would you believe it, it turned out to be full of Covid conspiracy nonsense and anti-semitism.
In my day we just found discarded grotty porn in hedges, now it’s right wing nutbaggery. I fear for our youth. We need to distribute more copies of Reader’s Wives and Razzle across the flora and fauna of Britain.
You don’t live near Mansfield do you? I used to see that all the time around there (I moved away recently) and I made a point of picking them up and throwing them away.
I’m down the M1 a bit in sunny Long Eaton.
I suspect one of the canal boat people left it. Most of them seem normal enough, but you do have the odd ones with golliwogs in their boat windows, or alt-righty looking flags flying.
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The most surprising thing is that TS actually have enough money to pay for google ads.
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Sure, but the company behind TS is in big financial troubles. The raised money definitely doesn’t go into TS itself.
It is an ad, and also a really shitty practice to display it exactly like it was the first result of your research.
I dunno, it says right there “ads related to your search”
It was designed to blend in with the search results. It’s the same shitty design as the sponsored results appearing like they were the first few results of your Google or Bing search, or ads appearing as unread emails in Gmail or Hotmail.
Yeah, I get it, I am just saying that companies have been doing that for a long time now, and we gotta just be computer literate enough to discern the difference. It’s shitty, I agree
All of those things literally say “ad” next to them. Do people not see that?
Yeah, but ads are supposed to be enticing; that was supposed to be part of the joke but apparently neither worked haha
Downvote for litchally.
Have you ever heard of the F-droid-store?
The Google Play Store is more secure.
How so?
Why Fdroid is not secure:
- Hosts an outdated APK client.
- Utilizes an obsolete installation method.
- Does not take advantage of modern appstore features.
- Has no moderation.
- Has no old app deletion.
- Has an arbitrary FOSS only rule.
- Does all building and signing themselves.
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Not outdated
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That’s the standard method
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What features?
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AFAIK it dods
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Just don’t install the old apps then.
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That’s literally why it was made. To distribute FOSS apps.
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Did you mean Master Don?
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Is it weird that I find the “Teen” category the most disturbing?
No, I found that disturbing too. What rating do you give something that’s not fit for consumption at any age? NSFL?
Truth Social is built with Mastodon fun fact lmao
Yep, and I’m pretty sure they almost got sued over not disclosing it too
If it’s based in Mastodon then it’s he wrong to say it’s the exact opposite of Mastodon, no?
That’s like saying a Lemmy app is the opposite of another Lemmy app, if one app defaulted to Lemmygrad and the other to Exploding Heads.
But there’s a difference between branding and backend implementation.
If I search for Lemmy.world and I get back hexbear, are you going to say that’s the right result since they are both Lemmy?
It’s essentially forked mastodon. There’s no federation with it. It’s just using the core functionality. Plus Mastodon’s development had a goal and vision. TruthSocial is somewhat antithetical to it.
Well, more of the antithesis since the kind/stance of the content
Yup, they didn’t comply with the license Mastodon uses (Affero General Public License) by not publishing the source code and making it accessible via something like a button and they got a legal notice to either add one or get sued
TS:The truth, the main stream media don’t want you to know!!!
Me:Like what?..
TS:HUNTER BIDENS!!!
Me: Biden kid ok?
TS:HIS LAPTOP!!!
Me:His laptop what?
TS:HIS LAPTOP!!
Me:Got it the US government needs fresh blood who knows how to use a laptop like Hunter Biden.
TS:Arghhh argghh Arghhh Rawr LAPTOP!!
Meaning of story not many old politicians know how yo use laptops, I think?
bbbbUT THE LAPTOP!!! ITS FULL OF STUFF!!! TRUST ME I SAID SO!!! HUNTER BAD HE HAS A LAPTOP!!!
