Ooooh now this is interesting. My first reaction was “hah, yeah exactly!”. But then I thought: this image of text contains more information than just the textual content. For example:
The words are someone else’s, not OP’s
They were sourced from a different social media network to this one
Also, it may be due to the prevalence of smartphone use in interacting with Lemmy vs using a traditional computer: it’s often quicker and easier to take and share a screenshot of text than it is to select, copy and paste that text.
I’m not saying you’re wrong. I just read your comment at the time my morning coffee really hit, and it spawned an interesting chain of thoughts.
So… thank you. And sorry for inflicting this braindump.
If it is indeed a screenshot I am very confused where all the padding came from. Unless it was copied from a rather unusual site I would assume someone either added the padding later on, possibly covering up other things, or they created the image themself.
Aaaand I just realized you were only giving an example.
Ooooh now this is interesting. My first reaction was “hah, yeah exactly!”. But then I thought: this image of text contains more information than just the textual content. For example:
Also, it may be due to the prevalence of smartphone use in interacting with Lemmy vs using a traditional computer: it’s often quicker and easier to take and share a screenshot of text than it is to select, copy and paste that text.
I’m not saying you’re wrong. I just read your comment at the time my morning coffee really hit, and it spawned an interesting chain of thoughts.
So… thank you. And sorry for inflicting this braindump.
Especially as a lot of places and apps makes it nearly or completely impossible to copy text, at least from a phone.
It started a similar chain of thoughts in me. “What does this say about OP…” :)
Cool. Yet another thread where all the versions of myself have spoken before I even got here.
You are valid, and your feelings are valid!
If it is indeed a screenshot I am very confused where all the padding came from. Unless it was copied from a rather unusual site I would assume someone either added the padding later on, possibly covering up other things, or they created the image themself.
Aaaand I just realized you were only giving an example.
From XYZ site:
Done.
But what font did you want me to read it in?
Wingdings.