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mopinko

(74,165 posts) Fri Oct 28, 2022, 10:15 AM Oct 2022

if you are on twitter, some advice.

block, block, block.
block the trolls, block that ads.
the ppl making money there are at our mercy. they get paid by the click.
if they get blocked by too many ppl, they lose their gigs.

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if you are on twitter, some advice. (Original Post) mopinko Oct 2022 OP

Thanks, great suggestion. Fla Dem Oct 2022 #1

My advice would be to QUIT AKwannabe Oct 2022 #2

what is this 'quit' of which u speak? mopinko Oct 2022 #5

Haha AKwannabe Oct 2022 #7

nah. i control my feeds. i brook no nonsense. mopinko Oct 2022 #12

Same here. n/t area51 Oct 2022 #17

+1 d_r Oct 2022 #6

Why quit? Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #9

i never walk away from a fight. mopinko Oct 2022 #14

If right wingers are the only ones on it, it won't be "hugely influential" for long. W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #18

But apolitical people will still use it for other reasons Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #19

Not for long. W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #20

thats all i do on twitter is identify and block trolls samnsara Oct 2022 #3

i have a long ignore list here, too. mopinko Oct 2022 #4

Great way to spend your time AKwannabe Oct 2022 #8

I quit Twitter this morning. MineralMan Oct 2022 #10

Better yet - walk away. BlueIdaho Oct 2022 #11

nope. mopinko Oct 2022 #13

It's not free... BlueIdaho Oct 2022 #15

Good advice. 👍 TiredGenXFemme Oct 2022 #16

Fla Dem

(27,851 posts)

1. Thanks, great suggestion.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 10:32 AM

Oct 2022

AKwannabe

(6,897 posts)

2. My advice would be to QUIT

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 10:44 AM

Oct 2022

Duh

mopinko

(74,165 posts)

5. what is this 'quit' of which u speak?

Reply to AKwannabe (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 10:55 AM

Oct 2022

is that a word in english? what does it mean?

AKwannabe

(6,897 posts)

7. Haha

Reply to mopinko (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:40 AM

Oct 2022

Just joining your advice column.

Pretty sure EVERYONE knows what I mean but won’t heed the advice because they LIKE TO LOOK AT TRAINWRECKS

Duh

mopinko

(74,165 posts)

12. nah. i control my feeds. i brook no nonsense.

Reply to AKwannabe (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:56 AM

Oct 2022

these sites are what you make them. even this one.
i dont suffer fools gladly, online and off.

area51

(12,777 posts)

17. Same here. n/t

Reply to mopinko (Reply #12)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 12:18 PM

Oct 2022

d_r

(6,908 posts)

6. +1

Reply to AKwannabe (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:19 AM

Oct 2022

Elessar Zappa

(16,385 posts)

9. Why quit?

Reply to AKwannabe (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:41 AM

Oct 2022

Why should right wingers be the only ones on a hugely influential platform?

mopinko

(74,165 posts)

14. i never walk away from a fight.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 11:57 AM

Oct 2022

in my genes.

W_HAMILTON

(10,487 posts)

18. If right wingers are the only ones on it, it won't be "hugely influential" for long.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 12:23 PM

Oct 2022

Elessar Zappa

(16,385 posts)

19. But apolitical people will still use it for other reasons

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #18)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 12:25 PM

Oct 2022

and the only political stuff they’ll see will be right wing hate.

W_HAMILTON

(10,487 posts)

20. Not for long.

Reply to Elessar Zappa (Reply #19)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 12:30 PM

Oct 2022

If it becomes a right wing cesspool, they will migrate to other forums, many of which they are probably already a part of (Instagram, TikTok, etc.); furthermore, these competitor forums will probably change their offerings to make it even easier to grab these away users (e.g., allowing more text-based only communication).