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Ptah

(33,030 posts) Fri Oct 28, 2022, 09:22 AM Oct 2022

Should DU block Twitter? [View all]

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	Yes
	9 (26%)
	No
	25 (74%)
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Should DU block Twitter? [View all] Ptah Oct 2022 OP

No, why? Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #1

I'd be content if we blocked posts that are nothing but a linked tweet Orrex Oct 2022 #2

Agree claudette Oct 2022 #5

Yes agree Meowmee Oct 2022 #49

Only if it evolves into an extremist right wing platform JohnSJ Oct 2022 #3

Don't think Twitter should be blocked, sop Oct 2022 #4

No. Let each DUer choose to read/follow a twitter link as they please. vlyons Oct 2022 #6

How do I delete it? Am sick of reading second hand twits. True Blue American Oct 2022 #9

It took me a while to figure out how vlyons Oct 2022 #15

If they bring Trump and his lies back, yes! True Blue American Oct 2022 #7

I found the undo button. True Blue American Oct 2022 #25

"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" Sun-Tzu BlueGreenLady Oct 2022 #8

Fine, but no one ever said, "Give your enemies a great big platform and tons of legitimacy." Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #28

Does that apply to Freerepublic, too? Wednesdays Oct 2022 #58

I don't like censorship iemanja Oct 2022 #10

Of course, there's usually no way to tell prior to opening the post Orrex Nov 2022 #59

That sounds fair iemanja Nov 2022 #60

So we should have blinders on and not discuss the threats coming from these sites as well as the hlthe2b Oct 2022 #11

Would OANN be better if we brought everything they say here? Would your life be better if that Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #31

Where did I even imply "bringing everything over"? DUers NEVER HAVE. Hyperbole, much? hlthe2b Oct 2022 #32

The OP is asking what people think. He's not suggesting anything. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #33

Failure to know your enemy is to defeat oneself. That does not imply bringing "massive quanitities" hlthe2b Oct 2022 #37

DUers DID put up with that. For years. Multiple insane tfg posts per day. Do you feel defeated Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #43

As I said REPEATEDLY. Admins programmed features for dupes & unwanted contact as simple as hlthe2b Oct 2022 #44

You seem to be upset with me personally, which I have given you no reason to be. So I will Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #46

You directed your posts to me. I answered them and corrected your misunderstandings or what hlthe2b Oct 2022 #47

I am not suggesting, just wondering what others think. Ptah Oct 2022 #42

I voted no by mistake True Blue American Oct 2022 #12

You can change your vote at any time. iemanja Oct 2022 #14

I tried, nothing.:) True Blue American Oct 2022 #22

First unclick the no iemanja Oct 2022 #27

Thanks, I found it True Blue American Oct 2022 #48

It's the damned vote-changing satellites! Effete Snob Oct 2022 #16

+1 2naSalit Oct 2022 #30

No RobertMcNamara Oct 2022 #13

Exept it isn't face to face and magats give a Fork less about anything anyone else calls them out on msfiddlestix Oct 2022 #19

I voted Yes, but I see a lot of No votes. Why would anyone here support Elon Musk and the Magats msfiddlestix Oct 2022 #17

only if other media is held to the same standard bigtree Oct 2022 #18

For what reason? MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2022 #20

No but I'd support banning... AkFemDem Oct 2022 #21

That is my objection! True Blue American Oct 2022 #23

No. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #24

DU should block tweets from tfg. We've done just fine without them all this time and he has NEVER Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #26

the majority of the news makers inform us there bigtree Oct 2022 #38

Clearly, your mileage varies, but I don't feel I'm missing anything. Because I actually read Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #41

twitter doesn't write the articles, the folks posting them on twitter do, though bigtree Oct 2022 #45

The platform isn't going away LeftInTX Oct 2022 #51

But it is going to be run by a South African libertarian who doesn't give a shit about Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #53

This message was self-deleted by its author Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #29

IMO absolutely not. MuseRider Oct 2022 #34

Prediction! GreenWave Oct 2022 #35

It may end up being a moot point MissMillie Oct 2022 #36

I'm pretty sure they'll stay...Twitter is "too big to fail" LeftInTX Oct 2022 #50

I will no longer open a twitter link, but I don't think that the DU should do the same as policy. Chainfire Oct 2022 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire Oct 2022 #40

Wow......we are adults! Lighten up! USALiberal Oct 2022 #52

Wow, what about books too? Emile Oct 2022 #54

And TV. Ptah Oct 2022 #57

I asked EarlG if there could be some way for us to trash Twitter on DU. Scrivener7 Oct 2022 #55

That is good news. Ptah Oct 2022 #56