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Clutching pearls ... Musk buys Twitter

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  1. bwilson4web

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    #41 bwilson4web, Dec 5, 2022
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    hmmm -
    "many" requests to what .... 'quash' a story? - regarding pornnature data? (even if 95%) on a laptop? ... is that the rational for dozens of Intel agents & FBI to encourage twitter/facebook to not allow/prevent any concern/awareness over the the other 5% of the data? You know - that tends to allege hunter's China kickback money to the 'big-guy' ?
    Isn't that something that ought to have been addressed when it was relevant? Before the election? or are Trump bad acts so terrible that potential voter's changing direction needn't even be addressed? Is that what was meant when Hillary said "if they go low we go lower"? guess we wont know what the new lower standard is unless another party takes charge someday to compare to .... in the future. Should people of integrity want to support either of our two main parties?
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    This isn't the political forum.
     
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    You're right. My bad Sometimes I fail to look and simply respond in context to earlier posts.
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    From someone who doesn't use twitter or social media - I thought Twitter was a platform for pornography.
     
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    Trollbait It's a D&D thing

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    I think it is one of the few general platforms that doesn't out right ban it. Most others do over the moderating and legal issues.
     
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    I don’t use Twitter (nor should anyone else) to choose who to vote for … sounds like someone is running around with their hair on fire looking for a building to jump off.

    I would be more impressed if you said you’d voted for Joe Biden instead of projecting Twitter stupidity on others.

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    yep .... others are equally puzzled as to why many would run to Twitter for news when there are so many reliable sources. Even MSNBC can't figure it out.
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    IIRC, this wouldn't be the first time he tried to pass off satire as if it wasn't satire.
     
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    More twitts and tweeters please...

    O', the social norms of the Well Adjusted !

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    Yes - satire sorta ....
    have never used Twitter, nor desire to. But like our respected Mr Wilson may actually acknowledge - people seem to rely on it;

    People Increasingly Turn To Social Media For News

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    it's just how the younger generations operate. it's not going to change
     
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    Another word from the past “stovepipe.”

    Bob Wilson
     
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    'rabbit ears'
     
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    I've seen this pattern in the past. Over 2005-2019, I bought three Prius to save operating cost. But accusations of being a Babi-loving, leaf looker, global warming fool, I spent several hundred hours learning details about global warming. Nice to know, it had nothing to do with saving money with our Prius. It became a great time suck. Twitter has the same sucking sound.

    I still don't use Twitter as useful information is too sparse. When I want to express a political point of view, our own 'Fred's House of Politics' works because we actually post and see replies. This is much better than Twitter where the volume evaporates any single tweet as soon as it is posted.

    Yes, I instantly regretted this post about Twitter.

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    they say neurosis often accompany genius due to left/right frontal lobe issues
     
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