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LeftInTX

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39. It caught on with media because of the 128 character thing

Sun Oct 30, 2022, 03:52 PM

Oct 2022

Quick, quick, quick

Don't need to write a blog post or update a website. Any reporter can now break news.

You can do the same on FB, but the media quickly gravitated to Twitter for breaking news. Both have decent interfaces for breaking news.

It might be the hashtag thing. I can't tag certain people on fb unless I follow them. FB lacks "flash" "viral" capacity. On Twitter. I can tag whoever I want.

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Welcome to hell, Elon [View all] LiberalArkie Oct 2022 OP

He knew he made a mistake based on emotion when he tried to pull the offer back Walleye Oct 2022 #1

Seems it's the perfect example of be careful what you wish for. nt Phoenix61 Oct 2022 #2

"You just bought yourself for $44 billion dollars." Hotler Oct 2022 #3

I'm guessing he will flip it before long Shermann Oct 2022 #4

take a big ol write off samnsara Oct 2022 #10

Oh, yes, bragging about cutting the staff Warpy Oct 2022 #25

Probably did it because trump asked him too then trump formed truth social Fullduplexxx Oct 2022 #5

Or Putin mahina Oct 2022 #20

The LOSS of Advertising revenue will see to the demise of Twitter. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2022 #6

i like twitter....its much better than facebook which is a giant cesspool... samnsara Oct 2022 #11

+1 Native Oct 2022 #21

Well you probably will PXR-5 Oct 2022 #19

Don't need them. ProudMNDemocrat Oct 2022 #22

It's not going away LeftInTX Oct 2022 #38

Twitter is essentially an updated version of unix "talk" lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #7

It is popular because you don't need to grow a Unix beard to use it nt Shermann Oct 2022 #9

I never had a unix beard. plimsoll Oct 2022 #13

I dabbled in AIX and SunOS back in the 90s Shermann Oct 2022 #18

It caught on with media because of the 128 character thing LeftInTX Oct 2022 #39

I written a lot of kernel code for both various Unix and Linux systems lapfog_1 Oct 2022 #40

I don't believe the NYT posted breaking news on My Space LeftInTX Oct 2022 #41

As SNL aptly put it: GreenWave Oct 2022 #8

well i vote that we as DU collectivey offer ten bux for it samnsara Oct 2022 #12

Let's not be cheap, I'll chip in a buck to make it 11. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #30

This man spent 44 billion dollars on basically artificial air🤷🏾‍♀️ Heather MC Oct 2022 #14

Similar to this Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #16

Wait people buy Diet Water, That's it, I want off the planet Heather MC Oct 2022 #24

Oh, it's true. I tried drinking tap water with my Pop Tarts and Big Macs and now I'm big as a house. Girard442 Oct 2022 #28

Omg! AllyCat Oct 2022 #35

Damn, that's funny. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2022 #43

Yeah, but that would also go to the poorer people in each state and giving money to poor people 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #34

It seems to me if you give money to the poor, and they spend it on large corporations Heather MC Oct 2022 #37

actually, would probably be a bottle of Gutter Buddy 3Hotdogs Oct 2022 #42

Musk Old Okie Oct 2022 #15

Doesn't add up..Musk gave satellites stations to Ukraine to fight off fascism, then has RestoreAmerica2020 Oct 2022 #17

I vividly recall a salesman saying "But DOS is so much more USER FRIENDLY than the mac interface" usonian Oct 2022 #23

GUIs are useful, but if the command line interface had never existed and was recently introduced... Girard442 Oct 2022 #31

I started out with CP/M. But I have compassion for others. usonian Oct 2022 #36

And when THE PEOPLE GO, Twitter will be WORTH NOTHING !! n/t TeamProg Oct 2022 #26

Another billionaire sociopath inserting himself in our lives. Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #27

LIKE republianmushroom Oct 2022 #29

Elon, Kanye .... Who's next live love laugh Oct 2022 #32

Very clear observation. JohnnyRingo Oct 2022 #33