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@william ⁂ maggos In this regard, Mastodon has only got one major advantage: It has an official app.
Phone users used to see Twitter as a phone app that they loaded from their app store. Mastodon is the only *blogging thing in the Fediverse that they can load from their app store.
This is one reason why just about all Mastodon newbies use the official app and why they're on mastodon.social (it's the default in the official app, and since they don't know what this setting does, they leave it on default).
Mastodon even gets away with an official app that's far from good, much less fully features. All the newbies don't have anything to compare with. If Mastodon is a phone app to them, then the official app's feature set is Mastodon's feature set. If a feature isn't implemented in the official app, then Mastodon doesn't have it. I dare say that well over 80% of all Mastodon users have never in their lives used Mastodon's Web UI.
If someone takes the step and moves from the official Mastodon app to Ivory or Mona or IceCubes or Tusky or Fedilab or something like this, it's almost always the first time in their lives that they use an online service through an app that has a different name than the online service. Many people couldn't even imagine doing that.
This means that if Friendica and Hubzilla want to be more successful, growing beyond Mike's old "if you build it, they'll come" credo and advertising more isn't sufficient. People must be able to load Friendica/Hubzilla onto their phones from their app store. This requires an official app named "Friendica"/"Hubzilla" with a native, up-to-date iOS UI in the Apple App Store and one with a native, up-to-date Android UI in the Google Play Store. The existence of an official phone app in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store is essential for being considered existent in the first place.
A commonplace attitude on Friendica and even more so on Hubzilla is that both can be installed as a PWA. But seriously, 99.9% of all phone users don't even know that PWAs exist. They don't know what that is. Not to mention that they expect and demand a native mobile UI in the style of their phone OS and not a generic Web UI.
Now, what would this app have to look like?
If the advantages of Friendica and Hubzilla over Mastodon are to be emphasised and underlined, and if this app is to become people's one and only daily driver UI, it will have to be fully featured. Minus the settings for the Web UI (e.g. the theme settings and the PDL editor on Hubzilla), minus stuff that you'll never need if you only ever use the phone app and never the server UI (e.g. Webpages on Hubzilla), but otherwise fully featured. This would also demonstrate just how vastly more powerful Friendica and Hubzilla are than Mastodon.
The obvious downside is that such an app would be a feature monster. Bigger and more feature-laden than any Android e-mail app or OpenStreetMap editor.
There has been some talk about building an official Hubzilla phone app. Some Hubzilla users have proposed an app that only offers the very basics. However, their idea behind this is not to make the app easier for newbies to use, but to make it easier for the developers to build. They're often still stuck in the early 2010s when phone apps for websites were considered gimmicks. They think that people will only use the app when they're out and about, and when they're back home, they'll sit down behind their computers and use the Web interface. Thus, phone apps only need the most basic features implemented.
But 2026 is not 2011. The huge majority of Mastodon users only use Mastodon through a phone app. Even when they're at home. As I've said: If the app doesn't have a feature, the whole product doesn't have the feature, regardless of whether or not the feature is implemented in the server backend and even in the Web frontend.
Besides, even Friendica's basic features that you'll need all the time are a lot. Hubzilla's basic features that you'll need all the time are even more numerous.
Shall people be limited to posting in public when they're on a phone because the phone app doesn't have any permission settings?
Shall people be limited to posting to their contacts when they're on a phone because someone decided that support for groups would make the phone app too complex?
Shall people wait until they're home, and they've got some time to fire up a computer, open a Web browser and log onto the Web interface to accept connection requests because the phone app doesn't have any connection settings? What if they don't have a computer?
Let's face it, social networking itself is a complex thing. And I mean actual social networking. Not misusing glorified SMS as a social network. Real social networking. Facebook-level social networking. Google+-level social networking. MySpace-level social networking.
Thus, a social networking phone app with all features necessary for real social networking has to be complex. This isn't a Friendica/Hubzilla issue. Don't believe that the official Facebook apps are simple.
This is also why so many prefer 𝕏 over Facebook. Facebook is complex. Facebook isn't just register, follow, post. 𝕏 is much more simple. 𝕏 is glorified SMS. 𝕏 is literally just register, follow, tweet. Facebook is rocket science whereas 𝕏 is for dumb-dumbs.
And it's because Mastodon is so lacking that it's for dumb-dumbs by Fediverse standards. In fact, if you don't read those panicky "it's too complicated because you have to know what a server is" posts, if you just load the app and create an account, Mastodon, through the official app, is for dumb-dumbs by all standards.
However, those who actually are on Facebook are willing to put up with something more complex. They need something more complex than glorified SMS for dumb-dumbs. They need the extra features that Facebook has that 𝕏 doesn't, even if these are the very features that deny Facebook the "for dumb-dumbs" attribute.
Send them to Mastodon, and they'll be irritated and even repelled because this feature isn't there, and that feature isn't there, and that feature is cut down beyond recognition, and they can't find any interesting people (not because Mastodon is decentralised, and the interesting people are on other servers, but because Mastodon's directory sucks arse in comparison with Facebook's), and what's with that stupid character limit?
On Friendica and Hubzilla, this feature and that feature have been there for longer than Mastodon itself, that feature is even more powerful than on Facebook proper, interesting people are being shoved into their faces once they've filled out their profile, even more so once they've got some connections, and there is no character limit worth speaking of.
But as long as Friendica and Hubzilla don't have official, fully daily-driveable phone apps named "Friendica" and "Hubzilla" respectively, they simply don't exist.
Granted, there's another obstacle. Many Mastodon users say the Fediverse needs a Facebook alternative. If you tell them about Friendica and its descendants, some will be very thankful because they've genuinely never heard of any of these.
Others will tell you that they know Friendica and maybe even Hubzilla. But they also say that none of these are Facebook alternatives. For when they say, "alternative," what they really mean is, "1:1 clone, just with a different name and decentralised and with ActivityPub and without spying and without the recent enshittification and without the evil CEO, otherwise absolutely identical."
One big aspect of this is that, as they say, the Fediverse needs an alternative to Facebook Groups. Friendica groups are exactly that because they were designed to be exactly that. Hubzilla forums, (streams) groups, Forte groups, all just that. But according to these people, they don't count because they aren't handled in precisely the same way as Facebook groups. Facebook groups aren't separate accounts. And different equals bad.
What really has me shake my head is that those who want a 1:1 Facebook clone continue to use Mastodon as a Facebook alternative. Even though Friendica and its family are vastly closer to Facebook regardless. Even though Mastodon not only doesn't have groups at all, but it doesn't even have any support for external groups. Is shouting into the void with a bunch of hashtags and hoping the right people will hear you really that much better than a Friendica group or a Hubzilla forum or maybe a PieFed community?
By the way: Just how faithful a Twitter clone is Mastodon really, seeing as Misskey and the Forkeys have the odd Twitter feature that Mastodon still lacks, seeing as even Mastodon gradually becomes more complex than 𝕏, much more so than when-it-still-was-good Twitter?
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Misskey #Forkey #Forkeys #PieFed #Privacy #Permission #Permissions #Groups #FediverseGroups #FediGroups #App #PhoneApp #iPhoneApp #iOSApp #AndroidApp #SocialNetwork #SocialNetworking #Twitter #𝕏 #Facebook #FacebookGroups -
@william ⁂ maggos In this regard, Mastodon has only got one major advantage: It has an official app.
Phone users used to see Twitter as a phone app that they loaded from their app store. Mastodon is the only *blogging thing in the Fediverse that they can load from their app store.
This is one reason why just about all Mastodon newbies use the official app and why they're on mastodon.social (it's the default in the official app, and since they don't know what this setting does, they leave it on default).
Mastodon even gets away with an official app that's far from good, much less fully features. All the newbies don't have anything to compare with. If Mastodon is a phone app to them, then the official app's feature set is Mastodon's feature set. If a feature isn't implemented in the official app, then Mastodon doesn't have it. I dare say that well over 80% of all Mastodon users have never in their lives used Mastodon's Web UI.
If someone takes the step and moves from the official Mastodon app to Ivory or Mona or IceCubes or Tusky or Fedilab or something like this, it's almost always the first time in their lives that they use an online service through an app that has a different name than the online service. Many people couldn't even imagine doing that.
This means that if Friendica and Hubzilla want to be more successful, growing beyond Mike's old "if you build it, they'll come" credo and advertising more isn't sufficient. People must be able to load Friendica/Hubzilla onto their phones from their app store. This requires an official app named "Friendica"/"Hubzilla" with a native, up-to-date iOS UI in the Apple App Store and one with a native, up-to-date Android UI in the Google Play Store. The existence of an official phone app in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store is essential for being considered existent in the first place.
A commonplace attitude on Friendica and even more so on Hubzilla is that both can be installed as a PWA. But seriously, 99.9% of all phone users don't even know that PWAs exist. They don't know what that is. Not to mention that they expect and demand a native mobile UI in the style of their phone OS and not a generic Web UI.
Now, what would this app have to look like?
If the advantages of Friendica and Hubzilla over Mastodon are to be emphasised and underlined, and if this app is to become people's one and only daily driver UI, it will have to be fully featured. Minus the settings for the Web UI (e.g. the theme settings and the PDL editor on Hubzilla), minus stuff that you'll never need if you only ever use the phone app and never the server UI (e.g. Webpages on Hubzilla), but otherwise fully featured. This would also demonstrate just how vastly more powerful Friendica and Hubzilla are than Mastodon.
The obvious downside is that such an app would be a feature monster. Bigger and more feature-laden than any Android e-mail app or OpenStreetMap editor.
There has been some talk about building an official Hubzilla phone app. Some Hubzilla users have proposed an app that only offers the very basics. However, their idea behind this is not to make the app easier for newbies to use, but to make it easier for the developers to build. They're often still stuck in the early 2010s when phone apps for websites were considered gimmicks. They think that people will only use the app when they're out and about, and when they're back home, they'll sit down behind their computers and use the Web interface. Thus, phone apps only need the most basic features implemented.
But 2026 is not 2011. The huge majority of Mastodon users only use Mastodon through a phone app. Even when they're at home. As I've said: If the app doesn't have a feature, the whole product doesn't have the feature, regardless of whether or not the feature is implemented in the server backend and even in the Web frontend.
Besides, even Friendica's basic features that you'll need all the time are a lot. Hubzilla's basic features that you'll need all the time are even more numerous.
Shall people be limited to posting in public when they're on a phone because the phone app doesn't have any permission settings?
Shall people be limited to posting to their contacts when they're on a phone because someone decided that support for groups would make the phone app too complex?
Shall people wait until they're home, and they've got some time to fire up a computer, open a Web browser and log onto the Web interface to accept connection requests because the phone app doesn't have any connection settings? What if they don't have a computer?
Let's face it, social networking itself is a complex thing. And I mean actual social networking. Not misusing glorified SMS as a social network. Real social networking. Facebook-level social networking. Google+-level social networking. MySpace-level social networking.
Thus, a social networking phone app with all features necessary for real social networking has to be complex. This isn't a Friendica/Hubzilla issue. Don't believe that the official Facebook apps are simple.
This is also why so many prefer 𝕏 over Facebook. Facebook is complex. Facebook isn't just register, follow, post. 𝕏 is much more simple. 𝕏 is glorified SMS. 𝕏 is literally just register, follow, tweet. Facebook is rocket science whereas 𝕏 is for dumb-dumbs.
And it's because Mastodon is so lacking that it's for dumb-dumbs by Fediverse standards. In fact, if you don't read those panicky "it's too complicated because you have to know what a server is" posts, if you just load the app and create an account, Mastodon, through the official app, is for dumb-dumbs by all standards.
However, those who actually are on Facebook are willing to put up with something more complex. They need something more complex than glorified SMS for dumb-dumbs. They need the extra features that Facebook has that 𝕏 doesn't, even if these are the very features that deny Facebook the "for dumb-dumbs" attribute.
Send them to Mastodon, and they'll be irritated and even repelled because this feature isn't there, and that feature isn't there, and that feature is cut down beyond recognition, and they can't find any interesting people (not because Mastodon is decentralised, and the interesting people are on other servers, but because Mastodon's directory sucks arse in comparison with Facebook's), and what's with that stupid character limit?
On Friendica and Hubzilla, this feature and that feature have been there for longer than Mastodon itself, that feature is even more powerful than on Facebook proper, interesting people are being shoved into their faces once they've filled out their profile, even more so once they've got some connections, and there is no character limit worth speaking of.
But as long as Friendica and Hubzilla don't have official, fully daily-driveable phone apps named "Friendica" and "Hubzilla" respectively, they simply don't exist.
Granted, there's another obstacle. Many Mastodon users say the Fediverse needs a Facebook alternative. If you tell them about Friendica and its descendants, some will be very thankful because they've genuinely never heard of any of these.
Others will tell you that they know Friendica and maybe even Hubzilla. But they also say that none of these are Facebook alternatives. For when they say, "alternative," what they really mean is, "1:1 clone, just with a different name and decentralised and with ActivityPub and without spying and without the recent enshittification and without the evil CEO, otherwise absolutely identical."
One big aspect of this is that, as they say, the Fediverse needs an alternative to Facebook Groups. Friendica groups are exactly that because they were designed to be exactly that. Hubzilla forums, (streams) groups, Forte groups, all just that. But according to these people, they don't count because they aren't handled in precisely the same way as Facebook groups. Facebook groups aren't separate accounts. And different equals bad.
What really has me shake my head is that those who want a 1:1 Facebook clone continue to use Mastodon as a Facebook alternative. Even though Friendica and its family are vastly closer to Facebook regardless. Even though Mastodon not only doesn't have groups at all, but it doesn't even have any support for external groups. Is shouting into the void with a bunch of hashtags and hoping the right people will hear you really that much better than a Friendica group or a Hubzilla forum or maybe a PieFed community?
By the way: Just how faithful a Twitter clone is Mastodon really, seeing as Misskey and the Forkeys have the odd Twitter feature that Mastodon still lacks, seeing as even Mastodon gradually becomes more complex than 𝕏, much more so than when-it-still-was-good Twitter?
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits #CharacterLimitMeta #CWCharacterLimitMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Misskey #Forkey #Forkeys #PieFed #Privacy #Permission #Permissions #Groups #FediverseGroups #FediGroups #App #PhoneApp #iPhoneApp #iOSApp #AndroidApp #SocialNetwork #SocialNetworking #Twitter #𝕏 #Facebook #FacebookGroups -
It started with someone on Fetlife asking "what does everyone think about punishment?", and when I said I didn't do punishment dynamics they declared "then this thread isn't for you!".
It continued with posting a conversation prompt in the singles group I admin, asking "what's one lesson you wish you'd learned earlier?", and seeing person after person answer by simply saying "yes".
And it's ending with a headline that reads "Remigrate Illegal Visa Holders" (if someone has a visa, they're not illegal...)
I'm fucking DONE with the internet today. Burn it down.
#SocialMedia #Facebook #FacebookGroups #fetlife #journalism #MediaLiteracyCrisis
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It started with someone on Fetlife asking "what does everyone think about punishment?", and when I said I didn't do punishment dynamics they declared "then this thread isn't for you!".
It continued with posting a conversation prompt in the singles group I admin, asking "what's one lesson you wish you'd learned earlier?", and seeing person after person answer by simply saying "yes".
And it's ending with a headline that reads "Remigrate Illegal Visa Holders" (if someone has a visa, they're not illegal...)
I'm fucking DONE with the internet today. Burn it down.
#SocialMedia #Facebook #FacebookGroups #fetlife #journalism #MediaLiteracyCrisis
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I'm in a SovCit group on Facebook, but it's a group specifically to talk about the rising issue of the SovCit movement in Australia, and the challenges it poses to justice and law organisations—its clear from the group description that this is the groups aim. But also, SovCits aren't known for their rigorous research practices (ie: reading a group description).
Every now and then an actual SovCit will join and post. Like this morning, when someone asked if there was an official Sovereign Citizen logo, and then made individual comments tagging each person who laugh reacted and called them a pussy. Which, I guess, shows a level of commitment that should be admired?
He got really annoyed at what I responded with...
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* the idea of there being an "official SovCit" anything kind of goes against the whole spirit of it all, tbh** I'm not a SovCit. From a criminological perspective, the intersection of state surveillance and consent, and how they fit with the human nature towards gnosticism/esotericism leading to conspiracy theories fascinates me
#SovereignCitizen #SovCit #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia #conspiracytheories
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[🚫no white men comments🚫]
I'm in a SovCit group on Facebook, but it's a group specifically to talk about the rising issue of the SovCit movement in Australia, and the challenges it poses to justice and law organisations—its clear from the group description that this is the groups aim. But also, SovCits aren't known for their rigorous research practices (ie: reading a group description).
Every now and then an actual SovCit will join and post. Like this morning, when someone asked if there was an official Sovereign Citizen logo, and then made individual comments tagging each person who laugh reacted and called them a pussy. Which, I guess, shows a level of commitment that should be admired?
He got really annoyed at what I responded with...
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* the idea of there being an "official SovCit" anything kind of goes against the whole spirit of it all, tbh** I'm not a SovCit. From a criminological perspective, the intersection of state surveillance and consent, and how they fit with the human nature towards gnosticism/esotericism leading to conspiracy theories fascinates me
#SovereignCitizen #SovCit #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia #conspiracytheories
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There's a test of the national emergency alert system happening on the 27th July.
I just saw a post talking about it (warning people not to touch their phones if the alert sounds while driving), which had over 1.2k comments on it.
I scanned through them, and a LOT were people telling everyone to take the battery out of their phone (???) for 24 hours over the test day, and when people asked them why, they responded with comments like "if you took the vaccine you're going to find out!"
#vaccines #covid #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia #conspiracytheories
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There's a test of the national emergency alert system happening on the 27th July.
I just saw a post talking about it (warning people not to touch their phones if the alert sounds while driving), which had over 1.2k comments on it.
I scanned through them, and a LOT were people telling everyone to take the battery out of their phone (???) for 24 hours over the test day, and when people asked them why, they responded with comments like "if you took the vaccine you're going to find out!"
#vaccines #covid #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia #conspiracytheories
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@Patrick Leavy You don't even have to build it. It already exists in the Fediverse. No need to reinvent the wheel.
Hubzilla, (streams) and forte offer you not only full nomadic identity, but also groups. Optionally private groups. That can optionally hide from Fediverse account/channel directories. Optionally with any number of moderators from anywhere on Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte.
They have the most advanced permissions systems in the whole Fediverse.
They support enclosed threaded one-post-many-comments conversations with thread titles like on Facebook, like on Tumblr, like on any blog out there, like in any forum out there.
The character limit on Hubzilla is over 16 million; on (streams) and Forte, it's over 24 million. The number of options in polls is practically unlimited, as is the number of images that can be embedded in messages. And with "embedded," I mean like in a blog post or on a website with text above and below the images.
At the same time, they're part of the Fediverse. Hubzilla is based on Zot6/an older version of Nomad; ActivityPub can be activated. (streams) is based on Nomad; ActivityPub is optional, but activated by default. Forte is based on ActivityPub. Any Fediverse software that recognises groups recognises their groups as such.
Here is an article with a number of tables in which I've compared the features of Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte:
https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/item/0a75de76-eb27-4149-b708-f20b2f79d392.
CC: @silverpill
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #FacebookGroups #Groups #FediGroups #FediverseGroups -
@Patrick Leavy You don't even have to build it. It already exists in the Fediverse. No need to reinvent the wheel.
Hubzilla, (streams) and forte offer you not only full nomadic identity, but also groups. Optionally private groups. That can optionally hide from Fediverse account/channel directories. Optionally with any number of moderators from anywhere on Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte.
They have the most advanced permissions systems in the whole Fediverse.
They support enclosed threaded one-post-many-comments conversations with thread titles like on Facebook, like on Tumblr, like on any blog out there, like in any forum out there.
The character limit on Hubzilla is over 16 million; on (streams) and Forte, it's over 24 million. The number of options in polls is practically unlimited, as is the number of images that can be embedded in messages. And with "embedded," I mean like in a blog post or on a website with text above and below the images.
At the same time, they're part of the Fediverse. Hubzilla is based on Zot6/an older version of Nomad; ActivityPub can be activated. (streams) is based on Nomad; ActivityPub is optional, but activated by default. Forte is based on ActivityPub. Any Fediverse software that recognises groups recognises their groups as such.
Here is an article with a number of tables in which I've compared the features of Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte:
https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/item/0a75de76-eb27-4149-b708-f20b2f79d392.
CC: @silverpill
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #FacebookGroups #Groups #FediGroups #FediverseGroups -
Better than Streaming: Free Movie Admission For Senior Citizens In Muntinlupa City Restored
Welcome back fellow geeks and film buffs!
In the progressive city of Muntinlupa in the Philippines, the City Government led by Mayor Ruffy Biazon formally signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) with three cinema operators – Alabang Town Center, Festival Mall and SM Center Muntinlupa – granting free admission for senior citizens with limits starting July 6, 2026, according to a Manila Bulletin news report.
This move effectively restored the movie benefit of senior citizens in the city. Regarding the limitations of the benefit, free movie admissions will happen once-a-week, either on Monday or Tuesday.
To put things in perspective, posted below is the excerpt from the Manila Bulletin news report. Some parts in boldface…
Senior citizens in Muntinlupa will once again be able to watch movies for free starting July 6, following the signing of an agreement between the city government and cinema operators.
On July 1, Muntinlupa Mayor Ruffy Biazon signed a memorandum of agreement with SM Center Muntinlupa, Festival Mall, and Alabang Town Center granting senior citizens free movie admission.
Biazon said bona fide residents of Muntinlupa can avail themselves of the free movie admission once a week, either on Monday or Tuesday.
In May, Biazon signed City Council Resolution No. 2026-333, which authorized him to enter into the agreement with cinema operators in the city.
The resolution stated: “Senior Citizens of Muntinlupa City are given preferential attention and priority to enjoy additional grants of incentives as an expression of gratitude for their invaluable contribution to the progress and prosperity of Muntinlupa City.”
This latest development will eventually attract more senior citizens to enter the specific commercial places that have cinemas. Festival Mall’s modern cinemas are located at the 4th floor (AKA 3rd level) while those at Alabang Town Center are on the ground floor. Watching movies on the big screen inside the cinema is more immersive and clearly better than streaming.
Streaming extremists who oppose cinema viewing cannot argue with the fact that almost all movies released from long ago were made for the big screen inside the theaters, not for smartphones, not for laptops and not for TV sets. I should state that senior citizens can enjoy spending time inside commercial joints socializing with friends after watching movies, and it definitely is not ideal for them to spend all their free time inside their homes. There is the human need for the temporary change of place and it is only the cinema that can provide them the immersive, big screen entertainment experience.
If you wish to join a group of movie enthusiasts and talk about cinema, cinematic trends, Blu-ray releases and more relevant stuff, visit the Movie Fans Worldwide Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/322857711779576
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Gay City News: Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections. “About five years ago, LGBTQ culture maven Art Smith created a Facebook group called Gay Barchives as a way to preserve the histories of LGBTQ bars and clubs. The original idea was to capture logos, photos, and personal recollections of fun times at defunct, often legendary gay nightlife venues. Over the years, […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/27/gay-city-news-facebook-group-gay-barchives-captures-glory-days-forges-connections/ -
Gay City News: Facebook group Gay Barchives captures glory days, forges connections. “About five years ago, LGBTQ culture maven Art Smith created a Facebook group called Gay Barchives as a way to preserve the histories of LGBTQ bars and clubs. The original idea was to capture logos, photos, and personal recollections of fun times at defunct, often legendary gay nightlife venues. Over the years, […]
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CBC: Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism. “Nieta Aqila is among 14 overseas accounts CBC identified in four popular Alberta independence Facebook groups. The accounts have posted politically divisive content about Alberta separatism, Western annexation and other hot-button Canadian topics within the past two months.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/09/cbc-facebook-is-paying-people-overseas-promoting-alberta-separatism/ -
CBC: Facebook is paying people overseas promoting Alberta separatism. “Nieta Aqila is among 14 overseas accounts CBC identified in four popular Alberta independence Facebook groups. The accounts have posted politically divisive content about Alberta separatism, Western annexation and other hot-button Canadian topics within the past two months.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/09/cbc-facebook-is-paying-people-overseas-promoting-alberta-separatism/ -
Meta Unveils Forum, A Facebook Groups App Pitched Against Reddit
Meta has launched Forum, a new app for Facebook Groups, aiming to challenge Reddit. Find out how this affects users and online communities.
#MetaForum, #FacebookGroups, #RedditCompetitor, #OnlineCommunities, #TechLaunch
https://newsletter.tf/meta-launches-forum-app-to-compete-with-reddit/
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Meta's new Forum app for Facebook Groups is now available, aiming to offer a dedicated space for communities and challenge Reddit's dominance.
#MetaForum, #FacebookGroups, #RedditCompetitor, #OnlineCommunities, #TechLaunch
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FYI: Meta Forum app quietly launches as Reddit rival with AI-powered Groups feed: Meta's Forum app quietly pulls Facebook Groups into a standalone feed, adding two AI features and no launch event - weeks after Reddit posted $625M in ad revenue. https://ppc.land/meta-forum-app-quietly-launches-as-reddit-rival-with-ai-powered-groups-feed/ #MetaForum #RedditRival #AIFeatures #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups
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FYI: Meta Forum app quietly launches as Reddit rival with AI-powered Groups feed: Meta's Forum app quietly pulls Facebook Groups into a standalone feed, adding two AI features and no launch event - weeks after Reddit posted $625M in ad revenue. https://ppc.land/meta-forum-app-quietly-launches-as-reddit-rival-with-ai-powered-groups-feed/ #MetaForum #RedditRival #AIFeatures #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups
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Meta has released a new app called Forum that turns Facebook Groups into a dedicated space for questions, recommendations, and answer discovery.
#AI #MetaInc #Facebook #FacebookGroups Reddit #Apple #SocialMedia
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Meta has released a new app called Forum that turns Facebook Groups into a dedicated space for questions, recommendations, and answer discovery.
#AI #MetaInc #Facebook #FacebookGroups Reddit #Apple #SocialMedia
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ICYMI: Meta Forum app quietly launches as Reddit rival with AI-powered Groups feed: Meta's Forum app quietly pulls Facebook Groups into a standalone feed, adding two AI features and no launch event - weeks after Reddit posted $625M in ad revenue. https://ppc.land/meta-forum-app-quietly-launches-as-reddit-rival-with-ai-powered-groups-feed/ #MetaForum #RedditRival #FacebookGroups #AIFeatures #SocialMedia
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ICYMI: Meta Forum app quietly launches as Reddit rival with AI-powered Groups feed: Meta's Forum app quietly pulls Facebook Groups into a standalone feed, adding two AI features and no launch event - weeks after Reddit posted $625M in ad revenue. https://ppc.land/meta-forum-app-quietly-launches-as-reddit-rival-with-ai-powered-groups-feed/ #MetaForum #RedditRival #FacebookGroups #AIFeatures #SocialMedia
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#Meta launched a new app called #Forum, a dedicated space for #FacebookGroups conversations. The app, which requires a Facebook account, features a feed of conversations from various Groups and includes AI features like “Ask” for answering questions and an admin assistant for moderators. https://www.engadget.com/2179165/meta-forum-groups-app/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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#Meta launched a new app called #Forum, a dedicated space for #FacebookGroups conversations. The app, which requires a Facebook account, features a feed of conversations from various Groups and includes AI features like “Ask” for answering questions and an admin assistant for moderators. https://www.engadget.com/2179165/meta-forum-groups-app/?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Meta Forum app quietly launches as Reddit rival with AI-powered Groups feed: Meta's Forum app quietly pulls Facebook Groups into a standalone feed, adding two AI features and no launch event - weeks after Reddit posted $625M in ad revenue. https://ppc.land/meta-forum-app-quietly-launches-as-reddit-rival-with-ai-powered-groups-feed/ #MetaForum #RedditRival #SocialMedia #AI #FacebookGroups
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Meta Forum app quietly launches as Reddit rival with AI-powered Groups feed: Meta's Forum app quietly pulls Facebook Groups into a standalone feed, adding two AI features and no launch event - weeks after Reddit posted $625M in ad revenue. https://ppc.land/meta-forum-app-quietly-launches-as-reddit-rival-with-ai-powered-groups-feed/ #MetaForum #RedditRival #SocialMedia #AI #FacebookGroups
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Ars Technica: Legal fail: Don’t use AI to sue Facebook users for calling you a bad date. “An attempt to pressure Meta into removing a critical post from a Chicago Facebook group called ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy’ may end in sanctions for lawyers whose takedown arguments appeared to rely on fake AI citations to support doxing claims.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/19/legal-fail-dont-use-ai-to-sue-facebook-users-for-calling-you-a-bad-date-ars-technica/ -
Ars Technica: Legal fail: Don’t use AI to sue Facebook users for calling you a bad date. “An attempt to pressure Meta into removing a critical post from a Chicago Facebook group called ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy’ may end in sanctions for lawyers whose takedown arguments appeared to rely on fake AI citations to support doxing claims.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/19/legal-fail-dont-use-ai-to-sue-facebook-users-for-calling-you-a-bad-date-ars-technica/ -
An actual conversation I just had:
Her:
there’s no news on it yet so I don’t know where you’re getting your information but it’s frog shitMe:
The Guardian posted about it like 13 hours ago, it's also being reported via the ABC website, as well as 7, 9, 10 etc..Her:
I don't watch any of those they're fake newsMe:
Just curious.. where do you get news from then?Her:
I don't watch any news it's all lies
_____THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE'S NO NEWS ABOUT IT YOU FUCKING TOENAIL??!
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #MediaLiteracy #ItsTooFuckingEarlyForThisShit
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An actual conversation I just had:
Her:
there’s no news on it yet so I don’t know where you’re getting your information but it’s frog shitMe:
The Guardian posted about it like 13 hours ago, it's also being reported via the ABC website, as well as 7, 9, 10 etc..Her:
I don't watch any of those they're fake newsMe:
Just curious.. where do you get news from then?Her:
I don't watch any news it's all lies
_____THEN HOW DO YOU KNOW THERE'S NO NEWS ABOUT IT YOU FUCKING TOENAIL??!
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #MediaLiteracy #ItsTooFuckingEarlyForThisShit
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Better than Streaming: Fire and Ice 4K Blu-ray Coming Out On June 30
Welcome back fellow geeks, Blu-ray collectors and movie buffs!
If you love the animated works of director Ralph Bakshi (American Pop, The Lord of The Rings) and the artworks of Frank Frazetta (Conan The Barbarian, Vampirella), then you should watch out for their memorable collaboration in ultra high-definition as the 1983 animated movie Fire and Ice will be released on 4K Blu-ray format on June 30, 2026, exclusively via MVDshop.
Fire and Ice 4K Blu-ray cover has the same classic artwork of the official movie poster.With a story co-written by Bakshi and Frazetta and the screenplay done by comic book legends Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, Fire and Ice is the story of a young warrior named Larn who wants revenge against the evil queen Juliana and her son Nekron. Larn also has the task to rescue their kidnapped princess Teegra. For your interest and reference, watch the classic movie trailer below.
https://youtu.be/0u64CLs_yb4?si=Ys4OO4sKopU64-98
Fire and Ice 4K Blu-ray will be in a Steelbook form containing the 4K Blu-ray disc and the Blu-ray disc. For the 4K enthusiasts reading this, the classic animated film has been restored in 4K and the visuals are rendered in native 4K.
Posted below are the technical details from Fire and Ice’s Blu-ray.com page.
Video
Codec: HEVC / H.265
Resolution: Native 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio
English: Dolby Atmos
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Subtitles – English, English SDH, French, Spanish
Discs – 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray Disc, Three-disc set (2 BD, 1 CD)
Packaging – SteelBook
Playback – 4K Blu-ray: Region free, 2K Blu-ray: Region A
I personally am interested in replaying Fire and Ice in 4K Blu-ray format. I saw Fire and Ice a few times a very long time ago on a rented video tape and on cable TV (randomly viewed it) but I never actually got to watch it entirely. Fire and Ice 4K Blu-ray is on my list of 4K Blu-ray releases of this year. I can only wonder when it would get offered via Amazon.
As for Ralph Bakshi, I admire his works on rotoscoped animation and how he visualized his concepts. His work on The Lord of the Rings animated film of 1978 was ambitious and he made the most out of their limited resources. I own a Blu-ray copy of his animated film American Pop and watching rotoscoped animated scenes and characters move in high-definition is enjoyable.
Fire and Ice, to the best of my memory, has a fantasy concept that reminds me somewhat of Conan The Barbarian (and the sword-and-sandals fantasy elements) and it also the traditional concept of the heroic man who risks his life to save an important woman from the forces of evil. To replay Fire and Ice in 4K is something I desire as a 4K Blu-ray collector and enthusiast of traditional animation.
Not to be outdone is the vocal cast that has William Ostrander, Maggie Roswell, Steve Sandor, Stephen Mendel and Susan Tyrell. The performances in Fire and Ice were strong.
Larn and the Princess. (source: IMDB.com) Director Ralph Bakshi (covered in the background) with performers Cynthia Leake as the princess and Randy Norton as Larn during production. (source – IMDB.com) The classic movie poster of Fire and Ice. (source – IMDB.com)To order a copy of Fire and Ice 4K Blu-ray now, click https://mvdshop.com/products/fire-and-ice-steelbook-4k-uhd-exclusive
If you wish to join a group of movie enthusiasts and talk about cinema, cinematic trends, Blu-ray releases and more relevant stuff, visit the Movie Fans Worldwide Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/322857711779576
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Using the "do you watch MAFS" defence in the kink group chat to shut down awkward conversations before they begin..
Him:
Today makes me stop and think do I try for my second attempt at joining the defence forceMe:
So, does anyone in here watch MAFS?Him:
No I don’t watch crap like that.Me:
Oh, I do! I find it absolutely fascinating..#dating #DatingGroups #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia
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Using the "do you watch MAFS" defence in the kink group chat to shut down awkward conversations before they begin..
Him:
Today makes me stop and think do I try for my second attempt at joining the defence forceMe:
So, does anyone in here watch MAFS?Him:
No I don’t watch crap like that.Me:
Oh, I do! I find it absolutely fascinating..#dating #DatingGroups #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia
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Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
(also, I looked at the rest of their posts, it's not a joke)..
#tv #television #ThePitt #covid #covid19 #GetVaccinated #disability #WearAMask #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia
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Jesus. Fucking. Christ.
(also, I looked at the rest of their posts, it's not a joke)..
#tv #television #ThePitt #covid #covid19 #GetVaccinated #disability #WearAMask #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia
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Men messaging me in response to my intro post that clearly states I'm in an open non-monogamous relationship:
I want a partner for myself I don't share a partner. Im not into that if I am with someone thats it.
SIR, DO YOU ALSO PHONE KFC EACH NIGHT TO LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE NOT ORDERING CHICKEN??
#dating #relationship #DatingGroups #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia
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Men messaging me in response to my intro post that clearly states I'm in an open non-monogamous relationship:
I want a partner for myself I don't share a partner. Im not into that if I am with someone thats it.
SIR, DO YOU ALSO PHONE KFC EACH NIGHT TO LET THEM KNOW YOU'RE NOT ORDERING CHICKEN??
#dating #relationship #DatingGroups #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia
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I find it fascinating that when I post pictures of my "kill your local rapist" tattoo on social media I get tonnes of compliments and likes.. until I post it in a dating group.
Then it's crickets, except for the one 48 year old divorced dad with wraparound service station sunglasses and a shitty tribal armband who pops up to tell me "worst tattoo eva".
🤔
#RegionalAustralia #DatingGroups #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia #KillYourLocalRapist #BodyMod #BodyModification #ink #tattoo
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I find it fascinating that when I post pictures of my "kill your local rapist" tattoo on social media I get tonnes of compliments and likes.. until I post it in a dating group.
Then it's crickets, except for the one 48 year old divorced dad with wraparound service station sunglasses and a shitty tribal armband who pops up to tell me "worst tattoo eva".
🤔
#RegionalAustralia #DatingGroups #Facebook #FacebookGroups #SocialMedia #KillYourLocalRapist #BodyMod #BodyModification #ink #tattoo
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Nothing makes me grumpier than being woken overnight by some random shitheel on Facebook deciding the need to call me on Messenger.
It's 5am and you're very obviously drunk. You decide to call the admin of the singles group to ask "so, who IS Aby?" like you're some 1960s romcom parody. How did you think that was going to go??
Fuck off before I track you down and set fire to your car.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #DatingGroups
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Nothing makes me grumpier than being woken overnight by some random shitheel on Facebook deciding the need to call me on Messenger.
It's 5am and you're very obviously drunk. You decide to call the admin of the singles group to ask "so, who IS Aby?" like you're some 1960s romcom parody. How did you think that was going to go??
Fuck off before I track you down and set fire to your car.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #DatingGroups
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I just had someone on Facebook unfriend me because I pointed out that Chuck Norris was a MAGA supporter.
I don't really care tbh. Me adding them a week ago *felt wrong*, because I have a carefully curated friend list of like 60 people who I actually have friendships with.. it was a practice in widening my friend circles.
The thing that did amuse me was his screed about how I apparently "have a cry" when someone doesn't agree with me while he's the one who is deleting people he disagrees with..
Ok babe.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #ChuckNorris #eyeroll
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I just had someone on Facebook unfriend me because I pointed out that Chuck Norris was a MAGA supporter.
I don't really care tbh. Me adding them a week ago *felt wrong*, because I have a carefully curated friend list of like 60 people who I actually have friendships with.. it was a practice in widening my friend circles.
The thing that did amuse me was his screed about how I apparently "have a cry" when someone doesn't agree with me while he's the one who is deleting people he disagrees with..
Ok babe.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #ChuckNorris #eyeroll
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Post in Facebook group for owners of sighthounds:
I have a 4yo lurcher who has been great up until now. I have a new boyfriend who she doesn't like, and tonight she went at him and really meant it. What do I do?Every. Single. Comment:
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Post in Facebook group for owners of sighthounds:
I have a 4yo lurcher who has been great up until now. I have a new boyfriend who she doesn't like, and tonight she went at him and really meant it. What do I do?Every. Single. Comment:
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I just got called unethical because I told someone to contact the organiser of an event to get a question answered.
Apparently it's unethical for me to not answer the question myself.
The question—why is nobody at this pub in Bathurst right now?
My location—London.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #DatingGroups #SinglesGroups #ISeeWhyYoureSingleTBH
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I just got called unethical because I told someone to contact the organiser of an event to get a question answered.
Apparently it's unethical for me to not answer the question myself.
The question—why is nobody at this pub in Bathurst right now?
My location—London.
#Facebook #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #RegionalAustralia #Australia #DatingGroups #SinglesGroups #ISeeWhyYoureSingleTBH
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Having to leave a witchcraft group because of them proselytising "this isn't your first time on earth" rhetoric as unremittingly as evangelical christians.
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Having to leave a witchcraft group because of them proselytising "this isn't your first time on earth" rhetoric as unremittingly as evangelical christians.
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One person mourns the death of the Open Internet.
I think a Fediverse, with multiple user-experiences, that is indexable, machine-legible, discoverable, searchable, and archivable by default could help counter this unfortunate trend.
RE: https://twitter.com/i/status/2006459846477099507
#Discourd #Facebook #FacebookGroups #Fediverse #OpenInternet #Reddit #SocialMedia #TikTok #Wiki #WikiWikiWeb #YouTube
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One person mourns the death of the Open Internet.
I think a Fediverse, with multiple user-experiences, that is indexable, machine-legible, discoverable, searchable, and archivable by default could help counter this unfortunate trend.
RE: https://twitter.com/i/status/2006459846477099507
#Discourd #Facebook #FacebookGroups #Fediverse #OpenInternet #Reddit #SocialMedia #TikTok #Wiki #WikiWikiWeb #YouTube
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I'm in a local Facebook group for babysitters, and just saw this..
"Looking for a in home Babysitter
Hi everyone! I’m looking for a in home babysitter for my 1 year old daughter. Preferably someone who is comfortable babysitting in home with surveillance cameras inside of the home, someone who’s qualified in CPR, has some experience with nutritional restrictions, dieting.."Like, I have Opinions about surveillance cameras, but NUTRITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND DIETING FOR A 1 YEAR OLD??
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I'm in a local Facebook group for babysitters, and just saw this..
"Looking for a in home Babysitter
Hi everyone! I’m looking for a in home babysitter for my 1 year old daughter. Preferably someone who is comfortable babysitting in home with surveillance cameras inside of the home, someone who’s qualified in CPR, has some experience with nutritional restrictions, dieting.."Like, I have Opinions about surveillance cameras, but NUTRITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND DIETING FOR A 1 YEAR OLD??
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I've just been bullied out of an entomology meme group by fundamentalist christians because I made a joke about Anansi.
I can not make this up.
The internet is fucking weird, man.
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I've just been bullied out of an entomology meme group by fundamentalist christians because I made a joke about Anansi.
I can not make this up.
The internet is fucking weird, man.
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I admin a local singles group on Facebook and occasionally post questions to prompt some conversation between the members.
Today I posted asking people what podcasts they've been listening to lately.
I didn't realise that it would be such a honeypot question for incels and manosphere nonsense, and now I'm wondering if I should just ban them all from the group.
#Facebook #RegionalAustralia #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #FacebookSingles #Men #Sexism #mansplaining #ToxicMasculinity #podcasts #incels #manosphere
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I admin a local singles group on Facebook and occasionally post questions to prompt some conversation between the members.
Today I posted asking people what podcasts they've been listening to lately.
I didn't realise that it would be such a honeypot question for incels and manosphere nonsense, and now I'm wondering if I should just ban them all from the group.
#Facebook #RegionalAustralia #SocialMedia #FacebookGroups #FacebookSingles #Men #Sexism #mansplaining #ToxicMasculinity #podcasts #incels #manosphere