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In reply to the discussion: STOP POSTING UNVERIFIED TWEETS AS FACT!!!! [View all]Cobalt Violet
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An email to one person won't help when it's more than one person who does it.
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#7
The Ginni Thomas story of bank rolling 100 buses Jan 6 was Bullshit, per Snopes.
njhoneybadger
Jan 2021
#4
+1, right. And a flash of irritation it was put out there and thankfully so much other shit,
LizBeth
Jan 2021
#25
Seemed logical. Even now, it seems logical that she did sent in the busses and they are lying to
fwvinson
Jan 2021
#93
Well I believe she has been know to post right wing looney sh!t on right wing sites. So it was not
IsItJustMe
Jan 2021
#100
I never bother. If it's anything real, it will soon show up in a real post.
lagomorph777
Jan 2021
#21
Just because your not a twitter fan doesn't mean there isn't valuable info there
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#26
I saw some videos on there of some of the Capitol Police during the insurrection.
IsItJustMe
Jan 2021
#28
OK - could you please include "TWEET" in the subject line so I can ignore the post?
lagomorph777
Jan 2021
#29
No.... it's no different than posting an article and not including the source in the title
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#33
maybe DU could have a forum where all twitter related posts can gather together nt
msongs
Jan 2021
#12
It seems like a lot of people post OPs and then never go back to read the responses.
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#18
Google isn't the know all end all. I've found as many mistakes there as anywhere
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#41
You can do that? Oh my!!! I am learning new things every day. Guess I will figure that one out.
IsItJustMe
Jan 2021
#36
I would appreciate. Hey, are you talking about something specific because I gotta tell you.
LizBeth
Jan 2021
#22
Yes, there is a specific OP that got to me - but it's not necessary to point it out.
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#46
Ya, right. And sometimes I get suckered in. I do read replies when something too good to believe.
LizBeth
Jan 2021
#57
Lots of DUers haves opinions they feel are true. Just post with JMHO. Easy enough.
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#27
Good point. But call me internet illiterate, I just now figured out what that stands for. Is that
IsItJustMe
Jan 2021
#31
I do agree with that and have posted to OP and commenters that it would be nice to say
Thekaspervote
Jan 2021
#44
It's gotten really bad lately. I think we need a new category of alert for fake news.
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#49
Yes, I miss those days. The proliferation of social media has really destroyed that ethic.
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#51
DU should automatically put "T- " at the beginning of the subject line if post has a link to Twitter
Klaralven
Jan 2021
#45
So a long, detailed, thoroughly documented OP that also has (not exclusively) Tweets would
Celerity
Jan 2021
#101
Thank you. Thank you. If you want to just post tweets, go to twitter and re-tweet.
japple
Jan 2021
#53
I wouldn't doubt if this was another of Putin's tricks he's taught the Trumpsters
LiberalLovinLug
Jan 2021
#58
In fact, DU is noted for its more or less scrupulous honesty and accuracy.
BobTheSubgenius
Jan 2021
#62
It's gotten so that I ignore that stuff. The facts eventually come out and prove
lamp_shade
Jan 2021
#103
It's not a good thing to see that kind of willingness to believe fake news on DU.
scarletwoman
Jan 2021
#117