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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWill you leave twitter if Elon Musk takes it over?
I have deactivated my account, but plan to reactivate it if a deal falls through, and no sale happens.
(edit: Musk has acquired twitter)
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Yes | |
19 (32%) |
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No | |
13 (22%) |
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I don't have Twitter | |
28 (47%) |
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jcgoldie
(11,713 posts)just so I could leave when Elon Musk takes over!
bucolic_frolic
(44,771 posts)jcgoldie
(11,713 posts)
at trucks with Trump stickers hasnt much strategic value either
but I still find it satisfying somehow
MineralMan
(146,640 posts)No. I tailor my Twitter experience to suit myself. Unless that changes, I can't see any reason to leave Twitter.
I'm not fond of pulling the blanket over my head.
Ritabert
(725 posts)...but if Musk takes over I'm done.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Look em up, if you dont believe me.
Will be interesting to see what Musk does.
As long as we and thousands of other can rebut comments we dont like, not worried. And that wont change because no one will go there just to read what trump JR has to say.
edbermac
(15,988 posts)![](/emoticons/shrug.gif)
bucolic_frolic
(44,771 posts)Congratulations!!!!!!!
nini
(16,679 posts)I said the guy who wouldn't get vaccinated but was demanding an organ transplant would deserve to die then by his own choices.
That of course is much worse than spewing right wing propaganda and lies.
ibegurpard
(16,769 posts)It's rancid
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)The second that happens I delete my account
Silver Gaia
(4,638 posts)dchill
(39,242 posts)Gore1FL
(21,383 posts)Mostly I don't bother to log in and just read when there is a reason to do so.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,931 posts)haele
(12,940 posts)He won't pay for the moderation needed to not turn it into Parler or whatever the Right Wing is flailing about on now.
He's a childish troll who wants it to turn Twitter into his personal Troll enclave. Probably because it's popular world-wide as a social collaboration tool, unlike him -who is just a known tool world-wide.
Haele
Fiendish Thingy
(16,678 posts)Put twitter in the same category as Parler, the Daily Caller, OAN,, Truth Social and Stormfront.
eShirl
(18,625 posts)I won't ever delete it because Leonard Nimoy liked my birthday wish to him.
andym
(5,531 posts)Twitter is not going away. I don't necessarily mind Musk's libertarian ways-- but the since he is for free-speech I hope that users act as mis/disinformation reporters and collectively correct the dangerous nonsense that is spouted.
spooky3
(35,069 posts)I love reading a lot of others posts.
Elessar Zappa
(14,859 posts)We shouldnt abandon it to the right wingers.
SKKY
(12,004 posts)...and I fully expect it will go the way of MySpace based on what I think Must is planning.
Hugin
(33,735 posts)TFG finally found someone to spend their money to buy something he wants. He loves to spend other peoples money.
The question is academic for me as I have never had anything worth retweeting.
Anyway, too many open questions right now to have other than an emotional response.
Like, is this the board of Twitter finally realizing that their platform is cornered in an advertising dead end and losing market share?
Possibly they know theres a slew of bipartisan regulations headed their way?
Maybe they are telling Musk to put up or shut up. The markets frown on insincere offers. Which Musk has a history of putting out.
My only advice to the twitter board
Gold up front. No cyber, nfts, or bridge trades.
Shanti Shanti Shanti
(12,047 posts)liberal_mama
(1,495 posts)If Trump gets back on Twitter, it will be a disaster for this country.
ColinC
(9,013 posts)"free speech," and all. Of course, I truly hope he doesn't.
dixiechiken1
(2,113 posts)forthemiddle
(1,412 posts)I hate that we have become a society that reads and follows only things we agree with.
Whether it's Trump on twitter, or SNL making fun of President Biden I refuse to live a life in an echo chamber.
We are become way to polarized, and it's stuff like this that makes us even more polarized.
Widen your horizon, you might learn something new.
ColinC
(9,013 posts)opinions.
tavernier
(12,665 posts)Much more pleasant listening to the birds Twittering in my garden while I sketch. DU is already chock full of it but at least those are cherry picked humorous opinions that dont go on ad nauseum.
I thought I would be terribly addicted to this newfangled iPhone when I first got it. I spent hours on every site that interested me, and was so proud of the commentary that I would contribute.
But as years go by, I find these opinion sites much less interesting and other than DU, skip them all together. Basically I just use my phone now to receive and send texts, check the weather, and set my alarm clock. Im actually pleasantly surprised that what I thought would be a troubling addiction has not turned into such. Oh
and Amazon. Now that HAS turned into a troubling addiction.
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