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Investor storytime is not exactly advertising, but it is related to advertising. Think of it as an advertising future, or perhaps the world’s most targeted ad.

Both business models involve persuasion. In one of them, you’re asking millions of listeners to hand over a little bit of money. In the other, you’re persuading one or two listeners to hand over millions of money."

Source: theatlantic.com/technology/arc

This is what Discord is.

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I like to use favs like read receipts sometimes, because some people just need to know that we're paying attention

My daughter: "Ours is the first generation that had a chance of growing up without nicotine addiction. And then Juuls came along."

Little-known Mastodon features:

Profile directory: You can opt-in to being listed on your server's public profile directory, and you can use hashtags in your bio to appear under those hashtags

Featured hashtags: You can choose hashtags to be displayed on your public profile so that people can browse all your posts under those hashtags

Hi! I'm Alex! I just signed up here and I have no idea what I'm doing—all I DO know is that I love to draw Tieflings and play D&D.

Nichts ist schwieriger, als in einer #Welt, die wir uns so zurechtgelegt haben, wie sie jetzt liegt, und die wir mit unseren eigenen #Maßnahmen tagtäglich aufrechterhalten, #Spielräume für #Variation(en) zu finden.

#Konstruktivismus ist nur die halbe #Wahrheit.

#LoF #Operation #Konstruktion

#DirkBaecker (7.3.1997) - Mit dem #Glauben an die #Realität konstruieren wir unsere Welt - Ein #Schlußwort zur #Debatte um Alan #Sokal(s) #Wissenschaftsschwindel

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@mngrif Anytime. Also if you ever like an emoji you see from another server or have a png of one you want me to add just let me know.Its trivial and i can add any that you want.

@testa_alfred@ifwo.eu Alles ganz freiwillig. Wer es irgendwann nicht mehr macht. Macht sich verdächtig. mastodon.social/@trueten/10254

20 years ago: I wanna live in the big city!

10 years ago: Maybe somewhere on the outskirts will do?

today: Do they have a cabin in the woods with high-speed Internet?

If we only tolerate those we agree agree with, I'm not sure that's tolerance.

A friend got injured and now having trouble paying their Uber Ambulance.

They have some Libra cryptocoin saved but are short.

But Facebook is having a promotion of double rewards for extra engagement, so if you can give a like or share it would really help them.

#TootFic #MicroFiction

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