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Apr 23, 2022 8 tweets 2 min read Read on X
netflix disabling screenshots was one of the worst decisions its ever made. there used to be jokes about how people making memes out of screenshots was doing more press for netflix shows than netflix actually was. and they were right!
i had originally written a whole thread but it turns out you can just do this so hell yeah
i did have some good points in the original thread about how “X out of context” accounts are better at generating viral content for shows because they arent beholden to being strictly promotional in their copy & have no corporate oversight. but anyway
i just think memes and screenshots should be part of streaming platforms’ promotional strategy instead of the villain. i bet i would be seeing sooo many screenshots of lee pace in foundation if apple tv’s app allowed screenshots
also i say this as someone who has done digital marketing on a few platforms. i am not privy to any kind of viewership data, so this is coming purely from a social engagement POV. but i want people to screenshot stuff!
adding my favorite response to the thread. building in a screenshot function to the app/site interface while still blocking screen recording solves the piracy issue AND allows for shareable screenshots for easy memeing. streaming execs scrolling thru the thread take note!!
at least this can give rise to a new era of dirty laptop screen memes
i love this dm because it is trying to be funny but is exactly what i’m talking about!! all limiting screenshotting does is drive people to alternatives where they CAN get screenshots. thank you Édouard for contributing to the discourse Image

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May 24
i know this was just to tease the release of the new title but honestly it would be very funny to have benoit blanc get really into pokemon go
you havent filmed yet so it's not too late to add. "confound this go rocket leader cliff! his tyranitar is easily bested by my strong and powerful machamp – if only his aerodactyl didn't use up my protect shields. i may just have to adjust my strategy..."
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Dec 28, 2023
doctor who lore (1/🧵) the ninth doctor, sadly saying: "i fought in the time war and killed every member of my race and now im the last of my kind"
2/ the 10th doctor, kind of confusedly saying: "it turns out the time lords had a plan to escape the time war but i had to doom them back to death because they were evil"
3/ the 11th doctor just kind of shrugging and saying: "so it turns out the time lords werent actually killed in the time war they were just sent to a pocket universe by me and a bunch of versions of myself but then in order to get them out of the pocket universe i had to say my name or something but i ended up spending 900 years on trenzalore defending a town because the silence wanted me to not release the time lords because it would start a new time war but then i got new regenerations but gallifrey was lost"  and in the corner the war doctor is saying "im here too"
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Nov 20, 2023
asked my friend what she was up to & she said “dogsitting.” i asked whose dog and she said her own. now we’re in a fight because i’m insisting that when you say youre dogsitting it implies someone else’s dog. she says you can say youre dogsitting your own dog. that’s crazy right?
youre not dogsitting! youre just hanging out with your dog!
she says the same applies to babies and babysitting. i say babysitting implies youre looking after someone else’s kid. i wouldnt say i’m babysitting if i’m at home with my own child
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Apr 22, 2023
so they gave dril the checkmark, but the checkmark goes away if you change your name, so dril just changed his name, but they gave him the checkmark again, so he changed his name again... this is the most looney tunes ass fight ive ever seen between a billionaire and a shitposter
rabbit season/duck season but with applying and removing the blue check
waiting to see when musk is gonna catch up with the newest name change Image
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told my boss i was going on a date next week. she asked if i was taking my date “to the halloween store.” i asked what she meant. she refused to elaborate.
i asked if she meant spirit halloween, which is not open in march. she did not answer
is this a euphemism? did she mean a literal halloween store? did she mean party city? should i take my date to party city? what did she mean
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Feb 19, 2023
joe biden has really messed up big time
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