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catbyte

(34,403 posts) Wed Aug 1, 2018, 10:57 AM Aug 2018

Although I agree with Rick Wilson on virtually nothing, his tweets these days are solid gold.

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The Red X in your profile has become a great way to warn me I'm about to see English pushed to its breaking point, logic strained beyond imagination, ahistorical claptrap, and conspiracy treated as certainty.
8:02 AM - Aug 1, 2018

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Although I agree with Rick Wilson on virtually nothing, his tweets these days are solid gold. (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2018 OP

What does a red X mean? I don't use Twitter so I don't know how it works. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2018 #1

I didn't know, either. Here's what Google says: More_Cowbell Aug 2018 #2

Moron. Ms. Toad Aug 2018 #3

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,734 posts)

1. What does a red X mean? I don't use Twitter so I don't know how it works.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2018, 11:03 AM

Aug 2018

Yeah, I'm old.

More_Cowbell

(2,191 posts)

2. I didn't know, either. Here's what Google says:

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 1, 2018, 11:20 AM

Aug 2018

https://www.albawaba.com/loop/what-does-red-x-twitter-mean-and-why-are-conservatives-using-it-1167028

Ms. Toad

(34,075 posts)

3. Moron.

Reply to More_Cowbell (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 1, 2018, 11:36 AM

Aug 2018

Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints.

(Trump tweet)

Twitter is a private entity. It is not subject to the First Amendment free speech requirements, and to the extent Twitter is considerd a public accommodation - political affiliation is not a protected class.

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