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CloudWatcher

(2,127 posts) Thu Sep 7, 2023, 02:33 PM Sep 2023

We're blocking twitter at our house [View all]

I'm the "admin" for our home network. I've finally had enough and added twitter to our Raspberry-PiHole black-list.

We're blocking all of twitter.com, x.com, and t.co now.

I suggest everyone do the same with their ad blockers or router firewalls or whatever it takes.

And I'm posting here to encourage people not to post links into the twitter, we won't be able to see them

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We're blocking twitter at our house [View all] CloudWatcher Sep 2023 OP

Social media is the people's media. Block corporate news instead n/t leftstreet Sep 2023 #1

Not really. paleotn Sep 2023 #5

"vast amounts of disinformation" come from corporate news leftstreet Sep 2023 #12

Question. Where do the people who post on social media get their information from, Midnight Writer Sep 2023 #16

Good question, but part of my point leftstreet Sep 2023 #17

Depends on what you call MSM paleotn Sep 2023 #20

Like what specifically? Give me some examples of paleotn Sep 2023 #19

I never claudette Sep 2023 #2

DU auto-opens them for you CloudWatcher Sep 2023 #6

Be careful, Musk may sue you like the ADL JohnSJ Sep 2023 #3

I'm quaking in my boots (not) CloudWatcher Sep 2023 #8

+++ JohnSJ Sep 2023 #11

Try getting your news from aggregators on the web. usonian Sep 2023 #4

X twitter or whatever it's called has been off my list for a while now paleotn Sep 2023 #7

OK. Do what you wish. We will, too. MineralMan Sep 2023 #9

DU CloudWatcher Sep 2023 #10

Yep. The way I'm set up all I see is "Link to tweet" hunter Sep 2023 #15

Sbrug...I MineralMan Sep 2023 #18

I blocked Twitter before Musk bought it simply because it annoyed me. hunter Sep 2023 #13

Everyone is free to do what THEY want to do... WarGamer Sep 2023 #14