Friends, don't use the tools of the enemy.

[Emrys]

44. OK, let's waste a little more time (and whatever I am, I'm certainly not your "homey"), since I have some to spare

Last night (in my time zone) I posted two OPs.

One was in Latest Breaking News, about the long-awaited outcome of Gallego's senate contest in Arizona: Democrat Ruben Gallego wins Arizona US Senate race against Republican Kari Lake https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143338113

It seems it was good and worthwhile news to a number of DUers.

The other was in General Discussion, about the Kremlin denying Trump delivered a warning to Putin about Ukraine: Kremlin Denies Reports of Putin-Trump Phone Call Over Ukraine https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219707200

Both were sourced from Twitter, like much of the content I post on DU. I may not always post tweets, but I'll post from sources tweets have led me to. For example, pretty much everything I've ever posted on Editorials & Other Articles was found via Twitter because I use it as a filter, relying on accounts on there I've developed reason to trust over a considerable span of time.

In the first case, it was the Associated Press. The current guidelines in LBN state: "The Forum Hosts have decided to use the Associated Press as the gold standard for election calls. Once a race has been called by the Associated Press, the story may be posted in Latest Breaking News."

The second came from a number of different sources, but in the end I opted for an OP based on The Moscow Times, "an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper" (from Wikipedia), branded by Russia as "an undesirable organization". The same story, updating earlier widespread trumpeting of Trump's first brave stand against Putin, has also been covered by a number of reputable outlets.

Would I have found that information elsewhere eventually without Twitter? Maybe. But possibly much later, and at the cost of a fair amount of effort. Some of my Editorials & Other Articles content I doubt I'd ever have found at all otherwise, which is why I've posted it.

Without outside information, DU would just be a circular talking shop. How people find that information to post is less important than its reliability and relevance.