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https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/08/get-in-on-the-ars-community-that-doesnt-fit-beneath-an-article/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/3cd6baad-e8a5-432f-864a-3827c4f76ab8/get-in-on-the-ars-community-that-doesn-t-fit-beneath-an-articleRSS for NodeMon, 28 Sep 2026 19:51:57 GMTMon, 31 Aug 2026 21:13:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:50:48 GMT]]>@arstechnica I was always there for the forums, then @siracusa’s OS reviews, but slop keyboards suck!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tokeriis/statuses/117193038122248864https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/tokeriis/statuses/117193038122248864Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:50:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:26:13 GMT]]>@arstechnica If you all can’t afford to pay an artist, why should I believe anything you write? What does that imply for your writing and research, I wonder.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/4raylee/statuses/117192941451854688https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/4raylee/statuses/117192941451854688Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:26:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:11:02 GMT]]>@mhoye @tivasyk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TurkishQWERTY.png its an edited version of a Turkish keyboard, to remove the diacritics.

The stock photographer is probably Turkish and worked with what they had on hand.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115708188881910739/statuses/117192645861950712https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/ap/users/115708188881910739/statuses/117192645861950712Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:11:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:08:46 GMT]]>@mhoye @arstechnica

fascinatingly this seems to be an old stock photo where someone took a Turkish keyboard layout and removed the diacritics

https://notes.kvibber.com/@kelson/statuses/01M1D0PE4AZ0X8MSF163SYH7V2

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@lw/117192623503402259

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/117192636952225557https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://bikeshed.vibber.net/users/brooke/statuses/117192636952225557Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:38:28 GMT]]>@mhoye the unfortunate thing is the credit on that image is "Aurich Lawson / Getty", and (at least historically) Aurich *is* the artist that @arstechnica pays to create images, but his recent output has been as slopified as the rest of Ars' content.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tenforward.social/ap/users/116241480982805206/statuses/117192517779851416https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tenforward.social/ap/users/116241480982805206/statuses/117192517779851416Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:38:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:27:53 GMT]]>@arstechnica Ars subscriber here. This shit is undermining your credibility, and making me wonder whether I want to renew my subscription. I would pay *not* to see slop

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/dpontifex/statuses/117192476168069896https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/dpontifex/statuses/117192476168069896Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:27:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:20:12 GMT]]>@tivasyk Niiiiice.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/117192445930889865https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/117192445930889865Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:20:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:19:48 GMT]]>@mhoye@cosocial.ca on the other hand… it kind of makes sense, lol

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://awawa.club/objects/fe9fe1c2-da84-4a4e-bb53-fb7d08c06442https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://awawa.club/objects/fe9fe1c2-da84-4a4e-bb53-fb7d08c06442Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:19:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:02:30 GMT]]>@arstechnica Ars is trying to be The Onion now?? I'm unfollowing; I don't need that in my feed.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com/users/admin/statuses/117192376340923380https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.slightlycyberpunk.com/users/admin/statuses/117192376340923380Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:02:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:44:34 GMT]]>@jaredwhite @mhoye @arstechnica I'd always held ARS in high regard, but yeah, maybe this warrants an unfollow...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ottawa.place/users/mWare/statuses/117192305862023720https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ottawa.place/users/mWare/statuses/117192305862023720Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:44:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:29:36 GMT]]>@mhoye @arstechnica that's frickin' wild 😂

I'm sure there are like a bazillion (free!) stock images out there of a keyboard. Geez!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/117192246953129858https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/117192246953129858Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:29:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Get in on the Ars community that doesn’t fit beneath an article on Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:22:33 GMT]]>@arstechnica Ars, could you just pay an artist instead of showing us this slop? Look at this keyboard layout. Could you just pay somebody to care enough to not slap your logo on a keyboard with two "O"s?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/117192219273538901https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/mhoye/statuses/117192219273538901Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:22:33 GMT