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highplainsdem

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15. And I'm explaining that if you want to inconvenience Musk, as a liberal, you accomplish more staying

Reply to Think. Again. (Reply #14)

Mon Mar 10, 2025, 02:32 PM

Mar 2025

on Twitter and posting liberal messages and supporting others who do the same.

How many times do you need it repeated that Musk loses money with Twitter? That it costs him money when you use it and don't subscribe and don't click on ads?

He's been losing so much money that he just notified his relatively scarce Premium+ users that their monthly price is going from $30 to $50.

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A plea to the Admins to block "X" post embedding... [View all] Think. Again. Mar 2025 OP

I'm in the minority on this, but I've always hated "link to tweet" posts Orrex Mar 2025 #1

I agree, but at least the "link to tweet" option doesn't force the tweet to open ... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #2

I'm with you on this, Orrex SheltieLover Mar 2025 #4

I second the motion BoRaGard Mar 2025 #3

And since xitter is so toxic in general, we'd be better off without it dickthegrouch Mar 2025 #5

I like this idea. mzmolly Mar 2025 #6

X is not "a rightwing source" - it's a social media platform still used by many Democrats including highplainsdem Mar 2025 #7

I disagree, a media platform owned by musk is certainly a rightwing-owned media platform. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #8

You changed your wording from "a rightwing source" to "a rightwing-owned source" - and I'll agree with highplainsdem Mar 2025 #9

I disagree with a lotof what you wrote... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #10

Sigh. A lot of news stories embed tweets just the way DU does. They're not all screenshots. highplainsdem Mar 2025 #11

I still feel that a lot of us would prefer not to enable musk. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #12

You're not in any way enabling him by being able to see tweets here. Neither is Mark Kelly or any other highplainsdem Mar 2025 #13

I disagree.... Think. Again. Mar 2025 #14

And I'm explaining that if you want to inconvenience Musk, as a liberal, you accomplish more staying highplainsdem Mar 2025 #15

I believe some of us would prefer not to empower Musk by opening "X" posts. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author highplainsdem Mar 2025 #17

You're obviously going to cling to your beliefs about this no matter what. Thank God other Democrats, with highplainsdem Mar 2025 #18

Yes, I do try to keep my discussions on topic. Think. Again. Mar 2025 #19