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chia

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6. "it's the social-media platform of choice for virtually every journalist" - and that's exactly why

Reply to Celerity (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 14, 2022, 11:02 PM

Apr 2022

I'm on it. I'm not on any of the other major social media sites, but Twitter is invaluable for following trusted journalists and investigative teams. It's been invaluable for up-to-the-minute news about Ukraine, from voices I trust.

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Elon Musk Offers to Buy a Broken Website: Twitter Is Beyond Repair [View all] Celerity Apr 2022 OP

Not reading yet...still eying that pic of Musk. Lars39 Apr 2022 #1

maybe Celerity Apr 2022 #2

I was thinking maybe something in the "divine" category. Lars39 Apr 2022 #3

Oh yeah, that second one is pretty close! BootinUp Apr 2022 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Apr 2022 #8

Yep, he carefully posed Lars39 Apr 2022 #9

Twitter is not real life. Sympthsical Apr 2022 #4

But there's one problem that's unique to Twitter--it's the social-media platform of choice for Celerity Apr 2022 #5

"it's the social-media platform of choice for virtually every journalist" - and that's exactly why chia Apr 2022 #6

Which is why I find the calls for increased censorship so troubling Sympthsical Apr 2022 #7

I don't understand how your post title relates to the rest of it muriel_volestrangler Apr 2022 #14

What I want to know is: TheProle Apr 2022 #10

This is exactly how it feels to me. nt BootinUp Apr 2022 #11

So, what's the problem? It's subscriber only, so I can't read on muriel_volestrangler Apr 2022 #13