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For some reason people spreading the notion that only 15 % or even just 5 % of players buy physical games. It feels like ages ago that we clarified this misinterpretation of sales data: www.patreon.com/does... Also, please support our timeless (and tireless) research on Patreon.

How astroturfing through statistics works in gaming | DoesItPlay?

Everyone is talking about the digital-physical-split percentages. So we will too! The TL;DR: Most of what has been parroted about consumer p

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And by the way, telling someone what they should or shouldn’t post is none of my business — or yours. People need to mind their own timelines, not others’. If you don’t like what someone posts, just unfollow or block them and move on. It’s really that simple.

The public block lists on Bluesky are one of the worst ideas ever introduced. Whoever created and keeps maintaining them is just fueling the exodus of users who are tired of the platform’s hostility. It’s driving people away, not keeping them safe.

I had no time for drawing lately, been busy with work and life, so here's another picture from 2021. It's from the JuneFoxADay challenge; as far as I remember, the prompt for that day was "fire fox" :)

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Mega experimental format unusual for me I've been wanting to learn how to draw backgrounds and fit characters into the environment for a long time, but I'm afraid to start.. I think it's time to get out of my comfort zone

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We are thrilled to be (finally) launching fxbsky.app! Just add `fx` to your bsky.app link and you can embed videos, quote posts, multiple images, and more on Telegram and Discord. It can even unroll threads automatically in Telegram Instant View 👀

Video by @kekeflipnote.bsky.social of an actual shark and a flipnote animated sharkA thread by @techconnectify.bsky.social regarding blocking functionality on X-TwitterPost from @jay.bsky.team regarding the term "skeets"A 4-image post by @yuzupool.bsky.social regarding making chicken noodle soup

[1/2] I sometimes notice that some artists don't add alt text to their artwork. These artists overlook the fact that alt text is not only a way to make content accessible to the visually impaired but also an opportunity to improve the discoverability of their art via text-based search

Finally, the number of accounts I follow on BlueSky has surpassed the number on my Twatter/X, which I'm trying to replace Still a bit sad that I couldn't find quite a few people here from that place. Or found accounts with zero activity

My subscription count on twitter/x shows that I follow 676 profiles and have 9 followers

PSA: Bluesky's new auto-tagging moderation stuff is a disaster. Disable it. Go into Settings on the Bluesky site and enable adult content and set everything to Warn at most, which makes posts opt-in. Hide just vanishes posts. Then go into Advanced/Bluesky Mod Service and do the same on everything.

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‼️ Google is about to disable all adblocker extensions in Chrome. Instead of letting the adblocker inspect traffic itself, extensions now have to hand Google's browser a limited list of filtering rules and hope for the best. This leads to weaker blocking and more ads getting through.

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I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

Header text: "HEY YOU! YES YOU! TAKE THIS SHIT OUT OF LINKS!"

This is followed by a couple example urls, with a red square highlighting the sections with source identifiers. The rest of the text is as follows: 

Source identifiers are used to track your activity on a site. Where you came from, what device you use, and even who you talk to. Whether it's written clearly in the url or tied to a random string of characters, it's assigned to your activity. 
 
When you send a link containing a source identifier to somebody and they click it, it signals to the website that you two are connected. And that data goes right back to the website operators, and thus their advertisers. 
 
Whenever you select "share" or "copy link" on a social app or website, it creates a link like this. If you give even the smallest shit about online privacy, it's important to remove them. Everything after the "?" symbol can be removed without issue, especially sections starting with "si=" or "utm_source="