a decentralized social network, or "federated universe," of independent social media websites and platforms, which all interoperate with eachother via the activitypub protocol, forming the larger network. this includes several instances of mastodon, misskey and its forks, pleroma/akkoma, etc.
it isn't owned by any one party, in the same way that "email" isn't owned by gmail, outlook, and thousands of mail servers connected to the internet.
it isn't owned by any one party, in the same way that "email" isn't owned by gmail, outlook, and thousands of mail servers connected to the internet.
by unknown_user351 August 13, 2024
A form of cyberharassment in which people collectively call local pizza places on behalf of a victim, after having their home address doxxed. Like a less dangerous and purely inconvenient form of swatting.
by unknown_user351 December 19, 2022
by unknown_user351 August 13, 2024
by unknown_user351 August 13, 2024
A style of capitalization often used by people way too young to be using the internet, where the first letter of every word is capitalized. It is named after how annoying kids can be in online spaces, as well as how much anything written in annoyingcase hurts to read, as if every word is the start of a new sentence.
AwesomeKidUsername327: Hey Guys! I Just Joined The Chat, Woah! How Are You Guys Doing?
slightlydeadinsideusername: you can chill with the annoyingcase, how old are you?
slightlydeadinsideusername: you can chill with the annoyingcase, how old are you?
by unknown_user351 June 07, 2022
An alternative and arguably catchier way of saying "Potentially Unwanted Programs" or PUPs. This refers to software which intentionally makes itself difficult to remove entirely, often the only way to truly get rid of it is to reinstall your entire operating system. Although mainly used to refer to software downloaded in bundles from fake download buttons, invasive DRM platforms from large software corporations such as Adobe and Autodesk also fall under the term.
Should've never let my nephew borrow my laptop, now my storage disk is stuffed to the brim with stuckware.
by unknown_user351 July 27, 2022
a form of spam, when someone (typically on discord) attempts to notify as many people as they can by manually pinging them individually in a long chain
mod: "how'd they ping everyone? double checked all the roles and there's no way they had perms"
user: "nerd was megatagging everyone by hand, this guy needs a life"
user: "nerd was megatagging everyone by hand, this guy needs a life"
by unknown_user351 July 02, 2022