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[recollecters]

Welcome to Retrospec™, the last social media network you will ever need. You are one of the few selected to test this exciting new platform based on our cutting-edge algorithms. Less than two hundred invitations have gone out, and membership is not currently open to the public. However, we hope you will come to see how useful Retrospec™ is, given time. We have for your use a variety of features such as text, voice, video, and image posts. We encourage you to explore our many options. Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. As a reminder, everything besides uploading a profile picture and information was locked until this post. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently. Oddly, profile pictures still cannot be swapped out at this time, so hopefully you took a good one.

Comments

[parodeity]

new phone who dis
ok that meme is way overused but
hey
cool
this does shit now
still not sure i approve of it being downloaded to everything i fucking own but
at least its not dead weight anymore
but excuse you weird app i need no less than 50 social media networks at once
or at least ten come on
what kind of person only uses one????
i dare you to rip me away from my torrid love affair with twitter retrospec
and instagram
and like yeah you have your work cut out for you here wow me
man can i even @ anyone
@rosestrider @dirkstrider @roxystrider @jadewolf @theuniverse
if i cant @ people whats even the point
youre letting me down already new app
unless that worked
hm ok i guess a pro is i can talk for more than a limited number of characters
is there a character limit so far i havent found one
man add some shitty clipart and youve got me sold
dont tell twitter

[voideity]

omg you cant @ ppl??
wtf is the POINT
i dont see a friendslist either
did these people not go to social media school
bc yall i HAVE and all social medias have @s and #s
also live video but tbqh i can live w/o that lmao
instagram stories are still the dumbest thing i stg

[parodeity]

i mean maybe we can
you came here
you were pinged by my @
your soul heard it
maybe it does soul @s
we dont know rox
it COULD be
also wow instagram stories are
well kinda dumb but fun so w/e

[rhapsodeity]

i dont think you can @ the universe!
because just a few people have this app
that is just common sense dave

[parodeity]

i can so i just did
i mean sure the universe didnt reply
but maybe the universe has a busy schedule today????
with like
expanding
and other shit universes do

[concern]

Dear Dave Strider,

I believe that you are someone who knows a lot about social media. This is based on things I've overheard in class. I am sorry if this was something not meant for my ears.

As it stands, I am afraid that I may not receive a response from this company on information regarding either how to uninstall this app or how to use social media to the best of my ability based on their criteria.

It may be a lot to ask of you but can you give me something of a crash-course in social media etiquette? I see a lot of different styles. Is it currently acceptable or en vogue to type like you do in this disjointed style? Do Internet users find this to be something they can parse?

I think I am out of my depth with my teachings based on formal letter-writing etiquette.

Sincerely,
Pearl Boneire

[parodeity]

teach,

sure i mean theres like no real etiquette overall like
you kinda type how it feels best to you
though if like
youre doing a formal thing id be using capital letters and punctuation and shit
but im just texting so im not doing that
but i think doing whatever feels right for you is always the best solution
also you can like spice things up with some smilies
like :)
or :(
for like simplistic starter emoticons
we can amp up your levels later if you want
but you have to ninja up to those levels
like we can just start you off on things like (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
you gotta work your way up there
bone up on the smaller shit
and then suddenly youre gonna be the internet star it will be you

-dave

[threnodeity]

[Did someone ask for shitty clipart? Because...]

Fret not, dear brother. My hoard of shitty clipart remains at my disposal. You need only to breathe the word and I shall loose them upon you.

[parodeity]

rose when do i ever not want that
you know i have a soft spot for shitty clipart
its like
my achilles heel
but less fatal

[notyourutopian]

So when you the @ theuniverse
Does it ever answer?

Because this is clearly the most important thing you are talking about.

[parodeity]

well it hasnt yet but it might someday
i gotta play my odds you know
theres never any telling when the universe will decide to @ me back
and maybe it appreciates the @s

[constellates]

it won you over so quickly!
I might have to tell twitter.

[parodeity]

anya no how could you sell me out like this
you know twitter and i have been longterm for ages
you gotta help me sort my complex feelings for the new media network in my life
which mostly amount to
"creepy but whatever"

there is something ironic in this, so help me

[catsudon]

Dave have you ever heard of an app that plays peekaboo with tech support
because you have one
we all* have one
installed right now





*all as in whatever 200 or less poor unfortunates got tagged for this "test"

[strongestheart]

So, uh. It seems like kind of a small number to test a social network with, doesn't it...???

I mean, maybe they hope more people will interact that way... but it seems silly to have one where you can't just add people, too!

[Even if, weirdly, everyone she's seen here seems to identify as being from Recolle, or are names she recognizes from school...]

i'm sorry

[goen]

Boooo.
Booooooo!
Get back on twitter!

[gemgineer]

i find this app's claims to be highly exaggerated as well!
their filter options are nowhere near as elegant as snapchat! ヽ( `д´*)ノ
what will i do if i want to filter donut-shaped glasses or a mustache on my face?
i will have to actually wear donut-shaped glasses or grow a mustache!
what a joke! (╬ Ò﹏Ó)

[loudmouths]

tl;dr

[clear_eyes]

This madness would somehow make more sense if it were fully featured.

Everything else is confounding!

[Another schoolmate... But there are people who she doesn't know at all. Rachel's head is spinning at this point.]

[sharplydressed]

okay but in your case?
i think having a character limit might have saved you

[ghostories]

@karkatvantas
you're right, it doesn't work at all

[ i mean he should be here by now, what ]

the plot thickens!
i guess this is the part when a super cool hacker guy shows up?

[notbunaga]

the only angle i can see this having is the number of users is limited to whoevers been invited
but invite only sites are garbage
it only breeds elitism
it's like that one porn site you cant get onto without having their specific plugin or something
everyone who can is just too damn smug about it

[digthefuzz]

but who was phone??

(that's the one you should have used, it's better)

[darkinferno]

honestly if it didn't force you to display your real name i'd be all over this. but i can't choose my own handle so all i can say about it is #inretrospecnotsuchagreatidea

[alkhimia2i]

If there's a character limit, I'm sure you'll find it. :)