Notices by Mike Masnick ✅ (mmasnick@mastodon.social)

@corvax i'm kinda amazed myself, but super happy about it. Can't wait to get the game into people's hands.

@jetton yeah. i mean the game punishes toxicity, and we do have the concept of federation/defederation in the game...

@foxxtrot i'm in shock. didn't think we'd make it.

@JasonAnthonyGuy @zkiraly thank you both!

@Rycaut @aram @quinn thank you!

We just passed 80% of our funding threshold with 1000 backers!

Only 12 hours to go to hopefully get that other 20%!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game?ref=4abd69

@aram @quinn thank you!

@theflyingcorpse we added Norway!

@SwiftOnSecurity i've been posting on bsky like non-stop. 33% of our support is from bsky so far...

@pinsk @theverge greatly appreciated!

@dannotdaniel yes!

Over at @theverge they posted a great review of the game today if you want to learn even more about it.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24324420/one-billion-users-card-game-social-network-techdirt-kickstarter

Folks, we're getting down to the wire on our Kickstarter for "One Billions Users" are ridiculously fun "social media" card game. Yes, it's fun even if (*especially if*) you hate social media.

We're haven't reached our funding threshold, but are still holding out hope that we'll get there with a final day push!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mmasnick/one-billion-users-the-social-media-card-game?ref=4abd69

@SpaceLifeForm yeah, trying to figure out wtf is going on

@foxy @sharan there are some very minor asides to it in the game. We decided not to get too "educational" with the game, but instead to focus on making it as fun as possible, with a few small winks and nods for those in the know.

@6G @sharan @lemgandi just noting, the game is not an android app. It's a card game.

@latif @clive That article is misinformed conspiracy theory nonsense on the level of Qanon. Please don't spread that garbage.

@bontchev @clive except that what you describe is not what happened. I'm sorry that you appear to have fallen down a deep well of misinformation, but I don't have to accept what didn't happen as true.

Educate yourself, please.

@cryptadamist @clive i wrote about that separately. https://www.techdirt.com/2024/11/14/you-dont-believe-in-free-markets-and-free-speech-if-youre-demanding-criminal-charges-against-people-for-their-free-market-free-speech-decisions/

Expert agencies and elected legislatures: Legislatures are entitled to their own (political) opinions but not their own facts.

https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/113520524140096306

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