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W_HAMILTON

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31. I personally plan to go back to what we originally did...

Thu Oct 27, 2022, 03:47 PM

Oct 2022

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...and simply post direct links to articles rather than tweets about them.

Twitter has become so ubiquitous in our lives that I am sure it won't be possible to completely disavow it, at least not right off the bat, but there are certainly ways that we can all lessen its use in our lives. That would probably be a good thing for everyone to do while we watch and see what path this potential new Twitter takes.

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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