I'm thinking that abandoning Twitter is a win for the right wing

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38. if it's a free platform, with the same membership rules, then it's public

...I'm always limited in defending use of Twitter to folks who aren't into using it.

There are myriad instances where communicating something on that platform has been significantly influential to our politics, our lives, or our well-being. being indifferent to hostile to it doesn't change those influences.

Conversely, the advocacy on Twitter extends to informing as well as misinformation. It's like any public forum, with good and bad influences. I daresay, though, there are dozens of influencers, like Dan Rather, that I prize reading there.

There are also fact checkers, as well as our own Democratic bunch, including aspiring legislators looking for support. You basically throw out the good and do nothing about the bad influences if you leave it to them.

What actual purpose does that serve? They keep on propagandizing and we just turn our backs? I hope that doesn't happen.