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SoCalDavidS

(10,599 posts) Sun Oct 30, 2022, 03:30 PM Oct 2022

I'd Be Fine If Twitter Was Banned Here At DU. I Know There's No Chance Of That Happening Though [View all]

I realize there are a lot of tweets from people I DO want to hear from, but I'm beginning to feel that we're enabling the site by continuing to follow along with what's coming out of there.

Given what we've seen in the short time since Musk took over, I'm expecting Much Worse to come. It's pretty much all downhill from here.

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I'd Be Fine If Twitter Was Banned Here At DU. I Know There's No Chance Of That Happening Though [View all] SoCalDavidS Oct 2022 OP

Violation of the TOS ? MichMan Oct 2022 #1

One person posting a tweet over here is not going to bring ad-paid clicks to Twitter hlthe2b Oct 2022 #2

TOS states posting from RW sources is a violation MichMan Oct 2022 #6

Twitter isn't a source EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #7

I'd suggest you realize the meaning of that and no, it does not include Twitter at this time hlthe2b Oct 2022 #8

Thanks for the clarification MichMan Oct 2022 #14

Yeah. For all the thought behind it... hlthe2b Oct 2022 #15

Roflmaooooooo....So you are going to claim this is a RW source????: Celerity Oct 2022 #11

If Twitter Trash is Being Posted Here That's on Us Not Twitter or Musk Indykatie Oct 2022 #3

I totally agree. Using Twitter, using TB - implicit support for those platforms. NewHendoLib Oct 2022 #4

If it went, and nobody screamed about it, I'd never notice it on my own. Iggo Oct 2022 #5

It's up to the DU community to keep an eye on retweeted RW content EYESORE 9001 Oct 2022 #9

I wouldn't be so sure it won't be banned. Musk is a right winger and if it becomes a source of Demsrule86 Oct 2022 #10

You would ban this??????: Celerity Oct 2022 #12

Seems the same as FB. No matter how much they work against every Democratic principal, Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #13

Name a news source that doesn't put money in the pocket of someone people here don't like? brooklynite Oct 2022 #19

If Twitter sinks deeper in the shithole, that might not be a bad idea? kentuck Oct 2022 #16

There are too many DU posters who copy and paste twitter here. Sneederbunk Oct 2022 #17

Considering all of the members of Congress are on Twitter? AntivaxHunters Oct 2022 #18

i do 1 Twitter regularly, on this day. pure history. pansypoo53219 Oct 2022 #20

I'd be fine if the Constitution was banned here at DU. 48656c6c6f20 Oct 2022 #21