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Sympthsical

(11,051 posts) Thu Oct 27, 2022, 09:55 AM Oct 2022

Should DU boycott Twitter? [View all]

Now that Musk is taking control? Or is it ok to contribute to his success?

Why/why not?

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Should DU boycott Twitter? [View all] Sympthsical Oct 2022 OP

I think if is a personal choice. CentralMass Oct 2022 #1

+1 Lucinda Oct 2022 #8

I don't use it anyhow, so I don't care, but it's up to each person to decide. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #2

Should I piss in the ocean? Effete Snob Oct 2022 #3

Hey, I swim in that ocean Sympthsical Oct 2022 #6

Had to quit using the toilet Effete Snob Oct 2022 #22

That man is why the upper decker was invented Sympthsical Oct 2022 #23

Once again, I have learned something I do not want to know Effete Snob Oct 2022 #25

I'm the Dark One Sympthsical Oct 2022 #26

No reason to leave Twitter. brooklynite Oct 2022 #4

Wait and see how things go with Twitter vlyons Oct 2022 #5

I don't use it much.... TheRealNorth Oct 2022 #9

Never had an account and if you all are so against Twitter don't link doc03 Oct 2022 #7

This JustAnotherGen Oct 2022 #10

The embarrassingly ridiculous, corporate censored MSM is splashed all over DU. Magoo48 Oct 2022 #11

Never signed up. Going to now multigraincracker Oct 2022 #12

Yes. Already did. Deactivated my account. Marius25 Oct 2022 #13

Never joined but I really hope when the disgusting mange gets Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #14

Not really Sympthsical Oct 2022 #15

So it is to expose posters' inconsistencies. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #17

That would be terrible Sympthsical Oct 2022 #19

I saw the mote in everyone else's eyes on Twitter. Torchlight Oct 2022 #20

I figured it was something like that. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #24

Of course, he'll be linked. No doubt many here will immediately follow him. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #34

Because "we have to know our enemy." Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #37

This. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #39

I look at it after here, and fb... electric_blue68 Oct 2022 #16

As in a TOS amendment forbidding its use here? Torchlight Oct 2022 #18

That would mean a dramatic drop in the ubiquitous "tweet of the day" posts. progressoid Oct 2022 #21

There are alternatives. usonian Oct 2022 #27

I blacklisted Twitter during the Trump administration. hunter Oct 2022 #28

I deactivated my account yesterday. If I do nothing it will be deleted in 29 more days. CentralMass Oct 2022 #29

i do not have an account catsudon Oct 2022 #30

I personally plan to go back to what we originally did... W_HAMILTON Oct 2022 #31

OMG. The posts where they link to a tweet that links to an article! Makes me feckin' nuts. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #38

It's dying without our help TheProle Oct 2022 #32

Lol. BlackSkimmer Oct 2022 #33

Not a chance, at least for me. WarGamer Oct 2022 #35

I have a lot of smart people I follow who I depend on for the true Covid news, not the hush hush liberal_mama Oct 2022 #36

somebody has to stay and fight the morons dembotoz Oct 2022 #40

Seems like a lot of the Greatest Page is tweets 867-5309. Oct 2022 #41

there is breaking news there.... as well as IcyPeas Oct 2022 #42

Never joined...don't click on links to Tweets either. pecosbob Oct 2022 #43

I follow funny accounts and dog accounts so I would really miss it as it is now renate Oct 2022 #44

Yes. It will become a cesspool of hate speech and terrorism. Marius25 Oct 2022 #45

No Polybius Oct 2022 #46