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[atomtengeralattjaro]

The World's Most Incredible Analysist on The Internet.

by The New York Times (First Posted: 2020/11/17, Last Updated: 2020/11/17)

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Excellent piece of FAKE NEWS

[Evai]

evai did nothing wrong

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[atomtengeralattjaro]

evai did nothing wrong

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[Greyson]

Hi there!
Well it started with http://asdf.com/ , and over time some people happen to type asdf into their address bar at some point in their lives, so they end up here.
There's been a forum since 2007.

It's been a few days with replies in between buuuuuuuut we also were on german TV once, let's not forget that

[atomtengeralattjaro]

Ooh, I totally did forget that!

I still remember how I found out about this site.

Namely because someone on german tv wanted to show Googles "this site does not exist" redirect site or something and typed in asdf.com, assuming a site like that would not exist.

[Greyson]

Ooh, I totally did forget that!

I still remember how I found out about this site.

Namely because someone on german tv wanted to show Googles "this site does not exist" redirect site or something and typed in asdf.com, assuming a site like that would not exist.

Awwwwwwww you looked the original post up, that's so sweet! Thanks!

[ThingerDudes]

I wonder if traffic to asdf.com has decreased as internet usage shifted more towards smartphones and apps instead of a device where there is a physical keyboard.

I guess forums declined because of social media becoming ubiquitous and people stopped needing to find some niche website for shared interests.

[atomtengeralattjaro]

But people hate social media so much, while they keep using it and think there are no alternatives.

I wonder if traffic to asdf.com has decreased as internet usage shifted more towards smartphones and apps instead of a device where there is a physical keyboard.

What's the thumb-typing equivalent of asdf?

[vraiment]

But people hate social media so much, while they keep using it and think there are no alternatives.

I wonder if traffic to asdf.com has decreased as internet usage shifted more towards smartphones and apps instead of a device where there is a physical keyboard.

What's the thumb-typing equivalent of asdf?

there isn't... all this consolidation in tech in general is bad for consumers/society/etc. Anyway I won't repeat what has been said a thousand times with a Joker image macro

[atomtengeralattjaro]

yeah
heh, even the fact that even you said "consumers" when referring to people in general

[Froggychum]

Guys, I have something to say... It's very brave

Ahem...

SoCiEtY

[vraiment]

yeah
heh, even the fact that even you said "consumers" when referring to people in general

Kill me, at least I didn't call them customers. However, I will try to defend myself a little. We are talking about social networks which in general are corporations trying to sell third party products (because ads) so in that context is valid to say consumers...

Guys, I have something to say... It's very brave

Ahem...

SoCiEtY

System on a ChipiEtY? Sounds interesting to power smartphones to browse ASDF forums, would you care to share the specs?

[TommyJ]

People still need forums of interest. Because social media is inundated with stores and ads. So the forums will live and live. Although here, for sure, there is some kind of advertisement. But not in such frantic quantities

[atomtengeralattjaro]

Hello and welcome!

Although here, for sure, there is some kind of advertisement. But not in such frantic quantities

Hmm, and what advertisements are you referring to?

[Froggychum]

Now that I think about it I never get ads on here, even when my adblock is off, lol.

Now I just got to figure out why this WannaCry company keeps giving me unclosable popup ads whenever I restart my PC... There's no X button, but they go away as soon as I type in a 7-digit code and a calendar date sometime in the next few years... I recognize those numbers from somewhere, so maybe this is some kind of new mandatory password manager for windows 10?

Hey... they didn't ask me this morning... weird, lol. Wait! Where's my work folders? And my exe downloads? Wait, where did system32 go-- Oh fu---!

[atomtengeralattjaro]

[ThingerDudes]

just the monitor disappeared though

[Froggychum]

That's one of my favorite gifs, atom

[atomtengeralattjaro]

Happy Christmas!

[Evai]

Happily Christmas and a monkey new year