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Hermit-The-Prog

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10. I'm not on twitter, but I appreciate folks who pick out and post important info from there.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #9)

Fri Oct 28, 2022, 07:05 PM

Oct 2022

It is a near instantaneous, global conversation. It can exaggerate the best and the worst. If un- or under-moderated, the worst will take it over. (See, e.g., those who were eventually, belatedly banned).

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Now that Twiter is changing directions can we hope that posters here will copy [View all] question everything Oct 2022 OP

Basically, if I find Twitter content here now, or anywhere I will pass over it JCMach1 Oct 2022 #1

Oh, I don't know. Some's worth exposure. Hortensis Oct 2022 #9

I'm not on twitter, but I appreciate folks who pick out and post important info from there. Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2022 #10

I won't open any posts that go to twitter. I wish we could block them. katmondoo Oct 2022 #11

I always see the content. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #2

Depends on the media. I see it on my desktop computer but not my iPad question everything Oct 2022 #4

I'm on an IPad always. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #5

Maybe you're not logged in on your iPad? Qutzupalotl Oct 2022 #7

I cerainly am logged. How, do you think, I posted and read the above? question everything Oct 2022 #12

I meant logged into Twitter on your iPad. Qutzupalotl Oct 2022 #13

Screenshots are best dalton99a Oct 2022 #3

Links allow twitter users to amplify the content if they wish. Qutzupalotl Oct 2022 #6

Better yet, don't post it at all. DU shouldn't be a re-tweeting machine. PSPS Oct 2022 #8

Twitter is the place for breaking news womanofthehills Oct 2022 #14