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BigDemVoter

(4,157 posts) Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:38 PM Dec 2020

I fucking hate twitter and so many other social media sites.

THIS is what one sees after Pussy-Grabber screams his fucking lies on Twitter. . . .

"This claim about election fraud is disputed. . ."

"Disputed"???? This sounds ike it's up for debate whether it's true or not, and we all know it's a goddamned lie on every level. Why can't they say at a bare, fucking minimum, "This claim about election fraud is FALSE"??????

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I fucking hate twitter and so many other social media sites. (Original Post) BigDemVoter Dec 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #1

I am so glad I have never had a twitter account and never will Bev54 Dec 2020 #2

A quote from Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World" Blue Owl Dec 2020 #3

Published two and a half decades ago... It's only gotten worse. RockRaven Dec 2020 #7

I love Twitter - you can choose who you follow womanofthehills Dec 2020 #4

just like facebook, choose who you follow and what you want to believe nt msongs Dec 2020 #8

"you can choose who you follow" GusBob Dec 2020 #9

Did you see those posts a few days ago that a study came out showing that RockRaven Dec 2020 #5

I don't. We find out all kinds of Cha Dec 2020 #6

Response to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Chin music This message was self-deleted by its author.

Bev54

(10,074 posts)

2. I am so glad I have never had a twitter account and never will

Reply to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:44 PM

Dec 2020

I know I probably wouldn't last more than a couple of hours and they would likely suspend me.

Blue Owl

(50,523 posts)

3. A quote from Carl Sagan's "Demon Haunted World"

Reply to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:46 PM

Dec 2020

"The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”

RockRaven

(15,019 posts)

7. Published two and a half decades ago... It's only gotten worse.

Reply to Blue Owl (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:57 PM

Dec 2020

Now every asshole has a media publishing device in their hand/pocket.

womanofthehills

(8,781 posts)

4. I love Twitter - you can choose who you follow

Reply to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:47 PM

Dec 2020

Where else can you have a dialogue with some of your favorite authors and get news in the making?

msongs

(67,459 posts)

8. just like facebook, choose who you follow and what you want to believe nt

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 11:05 PM

Dec 2020

GusBob

(7,286 posts)

9. "you can choose who you follow"

Reply to womanofthehills (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 11:17 PM

Dec 2020

Trumps tweets are forced upon us via news reports and even posted here on DU

All his lies basically spread

Some days half of OPs on DU are "link to tweet"

One does not get to choose freely with respect to twitter

RockRaven

(15,019 posts)

5. Did you see those posts a few days ago that a study came out showing that

Reply to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:51 PM

Dec 2020

there was a statistically significant correlation with believing untrue things about covid if your main media source was one of the following 3: FOXNews, Twitter, and Facebook? Not exactly a surprise, but still...

(I may be phrasing that in an incorrect way, forgive me pedants, and feel free to provide the correct phrasing/interpretation)

Cha

(297,774 posts)

6. I don't. We find out all kinds of

Reply to BigDemVoter (Original post)

Wed Dec 9, 2020, 10:56 PM

Dec 2020

good news from Marc Elias for one example.

Twitter is What We Make of IT.

Link to tweet

Oh here's Stacy Abrams in Georgia!

Link to tweet

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