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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

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submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Original post: hachyderm.io (Mastodon)

(I lowered the white levels of the original attached image to try to save people who put their screen brightness too high and/or room lighting too low from themselves - this is your hostile reminder to stop giving yourself eyestrain 🙏)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I disagree with this absolute. I've sent people messages like "friendly reminder: you have soup on the stove." My intent is friendly: remind them that they have impending soup and remind them not to burn down the house. Specifying "friendly" was my attempt to soften the blow, as many of the people I have reminded are aware they're forgetful and become defensive, even if the reminder is needed.

I no longer use that approach because it's been so consistently received so poorly, but the reminders were friendly in terms of intent. I don't think I've yet discovered a way to convey this kind of friendly reminder without annoying the recipient, but I still try.

I agree that a "friendly reminder" from a corporation is very unlikely to be as it describes itself.