[SOLVED] Is this Patreon account legit?

average_user · 08-02-2019, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lysander666

Actually, I stumbled across a rather interesting link earlier today which gave all the operating systems accessing Wikimedia in June 2015. It's not comprehensive, sure, but it's the only link I've ever seen that goes some way to giving a realistic indication of distro popularity.

https://stats.wikimedia.org/wikimedi...ingSystems.htm

They say these statistics are based on user agent. But my user agent is:

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Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0

It doesn't mention Slackware. In such case, I wouldn't be classified as Slackware user, right?

magicm · 08-02-2019, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechanikx

https://www.facebook.com/groups/slackinfo/

Unfortunately (or not), I belong to the "never let facebook know that I exist" crowd, so I'll continue to support via PayPal, until such time as Pat tells this forum that there's another way to do that.

My actual thought is that the Patreon account will become "blessed" by our BDFL at some point (I'm guessing when it's able to sell some swag - hats, shirts, and so forth).

Richard Cranium · 08-02-2019, 06:36 PM

Some of us aren't on Facebook.

tramtrist · 08-02-2019, 06:38 PM

I'm not on facebook either but you don't need to be in order to click the link and see that post...

hitest · 08-02-2019, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

Some of us aren't on Facebook.

I stopped using all forms of social media a while ago. This is as close as i get to social media.

Mechanikx · 08-02-2019, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

Some of us aren't on Facebook.

I actually saw a "Richard Cranium" post on a thread in a Facebook LUG a while back. I assumed it was you

Lysander666 · 08-02-2019, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

Some of us aren't on Facebook.

There you go.

Gordie · 08-02-2019, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tramtrist

My guess is he is putting together some kind of formal announcement which will bring together something more than a forum/facebook post...
We can only speculate though...
Is the Facebook post enough for you guys or are you going to wait until Pat posts here?

I don't trust anything that comes from Farcebook

Richard Cranium · 08-02-2019, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by tramtrist

I'm not on facebook either but you don't need to be in order to click the link and see that post...

The point is that if I'm not on facebook, how would I see the effing post in the first place unless someone else tells me about it.

Richard Cranium · 08-02-2019, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechanikx

I actually saw a "Richard Cranium" post on a thread in a Facebook LUG a while back. I assumed it was you

Different dickhead.

Mechanikx · 08-02-2019, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

Different dickhead.

LOL

Richard Cranium · 08-02-2019, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by tramtrist

My guess is he is putting together some kind of formal announcement which will bring together something more than a forum/facebook post...
We can only speculate though...
Is the Facebook post enough for you guys or are you going to wait until Pat posts here?

In my case, the bolded, underlined, and italic portion above.

frankbell · 08-02-2019, 09:45 PM

I'll wait until there's an announcement. One way or the other.

Richard Cranium · 08-02-2019, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Mechanikx

LOL

I chose the name for a reason, after all.

Mechanikx · 08-02-2019, 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

I chose the name for a reason, after all.

I'll admit, I've seen your username many times on here and never put two and two together. Too funny