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Nose Ears is an absurd comic about the absurd things in life. There’s not any particular topic because absurdity can be found everywhere: In the Internet, in computers, games, gender, bigotry, power structures, copyright, language, crappy ideologies, belief systems, emotions and much more.

Nose Ears is a webcomic created by @Wuzzy@cyberplace.social.

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Nose Ears uses the characters of "Mimi and Eunice", which originate from the titular webcomic by Nina Paley; however, Nose Ears is in no way officially associated with her. As Mimi and Eunice is a free cultural work, anyone can use the characters in their own creative works without needing permission first.

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Nose Ears #20: Proprietary Social Media (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 20 points 1 week ago

Bluesky 5 years from now

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s all about polish. That’s how AOL chat rooms lured the masses from BBS, and AIM replaced IRC as the mainstream messaging service back in the late 90s.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meh, you can only polish a turd so much. I would like to point out that AIM no longer exists but IRC does.

I think what you really mean is marketing. Also, I think you rely on a false equivalency that popular = better.

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes, but the majority of people that left AIM went to Friendster or MySpace.

You and I obviously have the same preference or we’d be having this conversation on Reddit. I was really just referring to mass appeal versus quality.

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

IRC might still be around but it is not popular by any means. I just think it is funny it endures. I remember being on Prodigy and AOL forums and chatrooms and then discovering IRC.

IRC is still amazing compared to how simple it really is. I remember making bots and scripts to take over operator and all kinds of shenanigans. Never experienced anything like that on a corporate platform.

I think you are touching on something that could not be summarized by polish and perhaps why I was slightly annoyed when I read it.

I am all for decentralized non-commercial platforms. It is the only future for people like us.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago

Except everything has been getting worse for a while now