Robbie Patrias

Former Activision QA Tester (TRG, Sony) | Occasional web & graphic designer | Trying to find my place | He/Him

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

I don't have plans to leave here at the moment (my own little corner of this place is pretty ok), but I do have a Cohost should this place burst into flame (figuratively or literally). https://t.co/VP6nikXjtS

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! (Actually I don't, but it was apparently 13 years ago?!) #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

@Flannel_Kat Ok, no worries. Let me know on Discord. Probably not going to be around here much longer.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Hah, this place barely functions anymore and he wants to turn it into YouTube, Twitch, and essentially a bank for "half the global economy" simultaneously.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Elon Musk is, has been, and will always be an idiot.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

@turbotoaster It's fine for small groups and private friend channels (like Skype and AIM before), but I do kinda hate how it's become the de-facto for large communities (like for a game). Something like a forum would be far easier to browse and search, but those aren't free, so here we are.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

See my pinned for my Cohost, which includes a link to my Mastodon. I also have Discord; so to any mutuals, if we're not already friends on there, send me a DM.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Well, RIP Tweetdeck. Essentially the only way I found this place usable has been "improved" (made worse) and will soon be paywalled. I already barely come here anymore, so I can see that becoming not at all soon.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Happy Birthday, Dad! He would have been 70 today. I can't believe it's been 10 years already.

[Mike Drucker @MikeDrucker]

I like that the three working theories for why Twitter broke are:

1.) Twitter is DDoSing itself because Elon is an idiot.

2.) Twitter is losing servers after the company ignored bills because Elon is an idiot.

3.) Twitter hopes to force people to pay because Elon is an idiot.

[D-NO @DNOpls]

as fun as it is to dunk on the world's dumbest billionaire (and he is), there are a lot of real people who need this shit so they can find work, or take commissions, or whatever they gotta do to eat

i don't see the constant crumbling of their platform as something to celebrate

[Broughy🥈 @broughy1322]

Removing Content Is Not An "Experience Improvement" @RockstarGames! Please reverse this decision, this update has removed more content than it has added https://t.co/ZJtb6Pd0JX

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Damn it. Youtube finally brought the giant thumbnails to the subscriptions page. 15-20 videos on the screen down to 8 and 4 halves. Hated when they did that to the home page. Always gotta fix what ain't broken.

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

*sigh* Welp, turns out my brother-in-law (my niece and nephew's dad) has fallen deep into the anti-w*ke hole... Like "public school actively tries to turn kids gay/trans" deep. Fuck. Not sure how to try and correct that...

[Robbie Patrias @MrB0nd07]

Willow was fine, IMO, no interest in any of the others listed, but the real tragedy is them pulling 'Howard'.

I highly recommend watching it before it's gone.

[WDW News Today @WDWNT]

Disney+ and Hulu Pulling Dozens of Original Titles Including ‘Willow,’ ‘The World According To Jeff Goldblum,’ and ‘Howard’

https://t.co/BnBf8XOVDC

[Ashley M. Gjøvik @ashleygjovik]

BlueSky's Privacy Policy says that there's no such thing as good InfoSec & if anything happens to your data because they don't care, it's 100% not their fault

They 'may' 'attempt' to notify you of a breach

Reminder: if you want to argue this, its individual private arbitration.

[Ashley M. Gjøvik @ashleygjovik]

BlueSky's Privacy Policy says they'll stalk everything you do on the site, but also what you were doing before you got there & what you do after

They'll use cookies, pixel tags, & web beacons on app, web, & emails to stalk you all over the web

They'll use info for targeted ads

[Ashley M. Gjøvik @ashleygjovik]

BlueSky Terms of Service gives Jack a 'perpetual' & 'irrevocable' license to all your content (posts, name, likeness, pics)

BlueSky can delete your account for any reason, but may refuse to delete it if you ask

You can't screenshot BlueSky

All disputes = individual arbitration