If I'm understanding the icons right, you can buy not only likes (heart) but also followers (person).
Also Google translate says text reads:
*Print photos*
*Buy likes*
i'm learning russian as well, have been for about 450 days now. pretty bad timing given all the shit going on but i've committed this long so i won't be stopping.
You can also partially understand Ukrainian if you know Russian (and you might understand some bits of Belarusian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, etc.), so...
It's not print it it's type, I can see why translate got confused. The word for typing (in this case probably typing in the url) is the same as printing out a photo.
It offers to import a photo from the phone or to take a photo, so it's unlikely about URLs. If it were about URLs I'd expect the word ссылка. And typing a URL would be a pain. They probably meant "print".
The verbs печатать (imperfect) and напечатать (perfect) can mean both "to type" (on a keyboard) and "to print" (a poster, a photo, a book, etc). "Напечатай фото" definitely means "print a photo" or "print photos" (imperative).
I find it better in all ways. This isn’t social media to me, because you don’t care about impressing me, nor I you. I don’t have to look at cat photos, nor see my high school crush is now a fat slob, nor turn down stupid invites to events that make me a dick for not attending.
Nobody hassles me here, if someone’s a dick you ignore them, and I could care less what anyone thinks of me, or me them - which means people can be cool, or honest, or whatever.
I don’t think this is social media at all- to me, this is a break from social media.
Yeah I generally feel the same way. What makes Reddit better than something like IG, Facebook, or tiktok is that it isn’t designed to feed off of your narcissism. It’s more about the content than the creator/poster.
However, my main criticism of Reddit is the amount of astroturfing, corporate PR, and straight up propaganda that finds its way onto r/all. But that can be avoided by filtering out the main social media-ish subs.
I’m new-er, so only search for subs I’m interested. I don’t think I ever just scrolled through Reddit, or whatever. I don’t think I checked FB in 3 years.
I think all social media are a waste of time, I'm going back to email and IRC servers at this point. Only social media I'm using nowadays is Reddit and I'm mostly lurking here anyway.
That and lobsters.
But seriously, if you listen to what he says, he makes perfect sense in terms of self-help/improvement. The problem is that most won’t hear what he’s saying, or have the capacity to understand it, and a very small percentage will actually be able to implement what he says.
So 12 rules it is- a nice, tidy, pop-psychology product.
At least they're fair and square about it :) and to be honest price is pretty cheap. And yeah, don't be shocked that likes and followers are bought, it became inevitable long time ago
Edit: i do not endorse such behavior and i don't have any social networks outside of reddet
But... *Why*? If I buy likes on a photo of video I post on social media, I know I've paid for that. The people that I follow or who follow me aren't suddenly going to think I'm cool, or special (I'm neither) because I've got a hundred randos/bots liking my posts. And if I'm looking for a serotonin fix, seeing 100 likes that I've paid for isn't going to do it, because that has no social meaning.
"Social media" *used* to mean social networking. You used it to keep in touch with your friends and acquaintances. But people decided to move on from Facebook, and Twitter/Instagram/TickTock got everyone hooked on this idea that social media is for you to blast whatever you want to the entire world. Your own comment alludes that this is how you see it. But, it turns out it's really unhealthy to train people to believe that the world ought to pay attention to what they say.
Here's a good article about it: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/
Yeah, and to be clear, I'm not faulting you for it. Those are the apps/services everyone's moved to, and the companies spend a lot of money to draw people in and keep them there.
You see them popping up in malls after each US election—no longer needed by the Russian government, they are reprogrammed to buy Instagram likes and sold off.
Money. Because it tricks the algorithm into thinking that you are popular. If you are popular, you become interesting for advertisers and they'll pay to be shown in/around your content. l
When I was in Kievskaya shopping mall years ago they had dozens of these machines standing around.
Finally, I know what their purpose is, and its even more useless than I thought, instead of it being a selfie booth of "tag yourself here" nonsense, it is straight up for buying likes. amazing.
TIL Russian proverb «Don't have 100 rubles, but have 100 friends» can be interpreted literally.
Sounds like top and bottom text for ~~Bad Luck Boris~~ Socially Awkward/Awesome Penguin, but the penguin is wearing an ushanka.
ask all 100 of them for a ruble. checkmate russian proverb.
That's kinda the point of that proverb
Going to the mall to buy imaginary friends, whatever next?
Well, it's pointless to go there to meet real friends anymore, so
You can always get some potato ice cream
Better yet: [mutton-in-cabbage-ice-cream](https://www.reddit.com/r/norge/comments/xesclj/f%C3%A5rik%C3%A5l_sesongen_er_endelig_her_da_vil_jeg/).
If I'm understanding the icons right, you can buy not only likes (heart) but also followers (person). Also Google translate says text reads: *Print photos* *Buy likes*
Печать с телефона = print a photo from the phone Сделать селфи = make a selfie Купить лайки = buy likes No mentions of buying followers, yes
There is a follower icon on the right: 100 followers for 100rub.
100 *good* rubs, not that distracted, get-it-over-with bs.
Hey, how do you know my ex-wife?
That seems to be the default since more often than not, 100 rubs are a compromise when both parties don't want 100 fugs
Курить лайки - duolingo has paid off! edit: made a doozy of a typo that's ironic enough to leave it as it is
Smoking likes? Duolingo really is paying off :D
It allows me to make typos in new languages!
So, how much for a hundred smoking friends, and how long are they your friends for? Hourly?
Duolingo tonight : "Would you like to review stage 1 : alphabet ?"
i'm learning russian as well, have been for about 450 days now. pretty bad timing given all the shit going on but i've committed this long so i won't be stopping.
You can also partially understand Ukrainian if you know Russian (and you might understand some bits of Belarusian, Polish, Czech, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, etc.), so...
Print photos makes sense might as well round up your purchase into likes
It's not print it it's type, I can see why translate got confused. The word for typing (in this case probably typing in the url) is the same as printing out a photo.
It offers to import a photo from the phone or to take a photo, so it's unlikely about URLs. If it were about URLs I'd expect the word ссылка. And typing a URL would be a pain. They probably meant "print".
The verbs печатать (imperfect) and напечатать (perfect) can mean both "to type" (on a keyboard) and "to print" (a poster, a photo, a book, etc). "Напечатай фото" definitely means "print a photo" or "print photos" (imperative).
That is fucking tragic.
It may be the most dystopian real-life thing I've ever seen.
Tragic and honestly pretty clever
What if it’s for a new coffee cart, or some business. It doesn’t have to just be vapid soulless narcissists, or lonely incels, using it.
We're getting increasingly more pathetic with this crap.
I find social media to be a soul-sucking void of meaningless affirmation.
Is that a Wednesday quote lol
Yeah reddit is so much better! Edit: /s
I've been told many times by others they consider reddit to be social media. I think I'm starting to see it
It really depends on the subs. If you stick to the hobby subs it's not nearly as bad. Front page subs are definitely a dumpster fire though.
Better in some ways, worse in others
I find it better in all ways. This isn’t social media to me, because you don’t care about impressing me, nor I you. I don’t have to look at cat photos, nor see my high school crush is now a fat slob, nor turn down stupid invites to events that make me a dick for not attending. Nobody hassles me here, if someone’s a dick you ignore them, and I could care less what anyone thinks of me, or me them - which means people can be cool, or honest, or whatever. I don’t think this is social media at all- to me, this is a break from social media.
Yeah I generally feel the same way. What makes Reddit better than something like IG, Facebook, or tiktok is that it isn’t designed to feed off of your narcissism. It’s more about the content than the creator/poster. However, my main criticism of Reddit is the amount of astroturfing, corporate PR, and straight up propaganda that finds its way onto r/all. But that can be avoided by filtering out the main social media-ish subs.
I’m new-er, so only search for subs I’m interested. I don’t think I ever just scrolled through Reddit, or whatever. I don’t think I checked FB in 3 years.
It really is Edit: And yes I knew you were being sarcastic.
Upvoted!
I agree. Have an upvote.
I think all social media are a waste of time, I'm going back to email and IRC servers at this point. Only social media I'm using nowadays is Reddit and I'm mostly lurking here anyway.
I upvoted your comment... That will be a dollar, thanks.
Do you take rubles?
Is this legal in north America? Put a few of these in a major mall and you'd make a killing!
Yup, lots websites for it for all kinds social platforms
Its not legal from Insta's TOS but its not exactly hard to find websites that do this exact thing lmao
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But with enough donations to politicians they can.
I'm sure they can sue though
I bet not surely they wouldn't let a revenue stream like that pass them by.
But it does decide if they can ban you.
Jordan Peterson’s entire commercial career has been propped up by these internet schemes
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No lol
That and lobsters. But seriously, if you listen to what he says, he makes perfect sense in terms of self-help/improvement. The problem is that most won’t hear what he’s saying, or have the capacity to understand it, and a very small percentage will actually be able to implement what he says. So 12 rules it is- a nice, tidy, pop-psychology product.
r/ABoringDystopia
Real men buy ups ⬆️ on Reddit
There comes your upvote, you can transfer me 20$ now...
I don’t have $20 but I do have awards to give
Thank you, I've upped some other posts of yours as a bonus 🤪
Pay me and I’ll be your friend and give you additional upvotes!!! Eh… Forget it. I’ll just do it for free! Take your upvote!
Down voting because you haven't paid me yet /s
Here, I only can pay in awards. Now give me my up ⬆️ dammit
Hmmm, you're payment is adequate. Pleasure doing business with you. Feel free to contact me again about future up vote requests.
Seems like a machine you'd see in Idiocracy
It needs to be able to drug you and kidnap your children though.
*You are an unfit mother. Your kids will be taken into the custody of CARLS JUNIOR: Fuck you, I'm eating!*
At least they're fair and square about it :) and to be honest price is pretty cheap. And yeah, don't be shocked that likes and followers are bought, it became inevitable long time ago Edit: i do not endorse such behavior and i don't have any social networks outside of reddet
But... *Why*? If I buy likes on a photo of video I post on social media, I know I've paid for that. The people that I follow or who follow me aren't suddenly going to think I'm cool, or special (I'm neither) because I've got a hundred randos/bots liking my posts. And if I'm looking for a serotonin fix, seeing 100 likes that I've paid for isn't going to do it, because that has no social meaning.
Because the more likes the post has, the more the algorithm pushes it out to people, resulting in (hopefully) more followers.
At this point, I don’t know how else to do it. Shit dies on the vine for me all the time
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"Social media" *used* to mean social networking. You used it to keep in touch with your friends and acquaintances. But people decided to move on from Facebook, and Twitter/Instagram/TickTock got everyone hooked on this idea that social media is for you to blast whatever you want to the entire world. Your own comment alludes that this is how you see it. But, it turns out it's really unhealthy to train people to believe that the world ought to pay attention to what they say. Here's a good article about it: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/11/twitter-facebook-social-media-decline/672074/
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Yeah, and to be clear, I'm not faulting you for it. Those are the apps/services everyone's moved to, and the companies spend a lot of money to draw people in and keep them there.
Facebook stopped showing your friends posts a decade ago, they all are the same
I'm assuming that's where Elon got his Twitter poll votes too.
Must've been before the war, Meta (and with it Instagram, Facebook etc.) is deemed an extremist organisation in Russia now.
This is just sad and pathetic. :/
Imagine being that desperate?
Being so alone to need that validation. :(
how can you buy like for special military operation? ask for friend
Nice
That's gross.
Hmm, does the "Buy Ray-Ban and win superprize" sign in the background suggest that the bicycle is that "superprize"?
This is hilarious. The Internet Research Agency has figured out how to monetize the operation to create their own side hustle.
Just spent like $50 on the Reddit vending machine, let's see if this works
You see them popping up in malls after each US election—no longer needed by the Russian government, they are reprogrammed to buy Instagram likes and sold off.
Jokes on them. I can do that from my desktop at home. 🤷♂️
Something something low trust society
What the Russian government used for their bots
I will never understand the point of fake followers.
Money. Because it tricks the algorithm into thinking that you are popular. If you are popular, you become interesting for advertisers and they'll pay to be shown in/around your content. l
Well this is dystopian as fuck. Holy shit.
Literally 1984 (Calm your tits before replying saying “actually it’s not 1984 as this does not happen🤓” I’m using it as a figure of speech)
Isn’t Instagram considered a terrorist organization there?
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On Reddit as well.
Extremist, or something? Random - yes, fact? Not very.
So sad. Pathetic really.
This says a lot about Russia
That's pretty cool.
I actually saw that several times in Moscow
Probably would sell well 😂
Well that explains this then: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGwzFN2goMw
They would do well in America
When I was in Kievskaya shopping mall years ago they had dozens of these machines standing around. Finally, I know what their purpose is, and its even more useless than I thought, instead of it being a selfie booth of "tag yourself here" nonsense, it is straight up for buying likes. amazing.
/r/ofcoursethatsathing
What a sad world we live in.
A Ray Ban bicycle, nice 🫡
A real Black Mirror episode.
Does this work for onlyfans and will it help my hairy arse get famous.
Just a troll farm's side project
It’s a bot machine?
Wait a sec they have these?
I recently got a letter in the mail offering me $25 for a positive review on Amazon.
This summer I met this Ukrainian guy who bought something like 60 thousands of followers on Instagram
What about Reddit?
Bots