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Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:24 AM Mar 2023

No I won't totally boycott Twitter posts on DU, but they now start out with two strikes against them

If Twitter use went down by another 50%, Twitter itself would go down. And if Twitter goes down, it won't be that long before some other way to share info online rises to replace it: nature abhors a vacuum and all of that.

From now on I'm going to cut back significantly clicking on threads that link to Twitter posts here. Yes, I will still do so when the content is of exceptional importance, or when it contains significant content unavailable anywhere else. But I can do without reading most Twitter posts, no matter how insightful or funny they may be, And if important breaking news is coming across Twitter it will soon be talked about everywhere.

Yeah, sometimes I won't know what I'm getting into before I open an OP, but I can always cut my losses and move on without commenting and bumping a Twitter thread.

I just can't stand Elon Musk and want as little to do with supporting his personal platform now as I possibly can.

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No I won't totally boycott Twitter posts on DU, but they now start out with two strikes against them (Original Post) Tom Rinaldo Mar 2023 OP
How do you know it's a Twitter thread without clicking on it? nt sl8 Mar 2023 #1
A lot of times you don't. But I can disengage immediately if I find out that it is Tom Rinaldo Mar 2023 #4
There are a few posters who post almost nothing but twitter tweets. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #7
Oh come on. Dr. Strange Mar 2023 #16
Lol! Right now there's a thread telling us what Stormy tweeted! BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #17
Same here PatSeg Mar 2023 #23
Could be computer malware, too DBoon Mar 2023 #12
Tweets don't open on my phone wryter2000 Mar 2023 #2
I agree. Musk is a Goebbels MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #3
Rec. nt BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #5
I'm not crazy about musk but Twitter remains the best source Tomconroy Mar 2023 #6
A good example of why I'm not totally boycotting it yet... Tom Rinaldo Mar 2023 #8
I recently found out that WSJ writers will link to some Tomconroy Mar 2023 #21
it's uk news that keeps me there. mopinko Mar 2023 #14
I read a number of UK newspapers. BlackSkimmer Mar 2023 #18
But just today there are over BootinUp Mar 2023 #15
When the twit is a text, it should be copied and pasted question everything Mar 2023 #9
I agree and in general wish folks would just summarize and offer the link for me to NOT take dutch777 Mar 2023 #10
I would like to know why sometimes when you click on a video tweet in a DU post, CrispyQ Mar 2023 #11
Many of those Tweets are posting from other sources. LiberalFighter Mar 2023 #13
I'm not on Twitter however I do read some of the tweets posted on DU FakeNoose Mar 2023 #19
Welcome to the club. I've been doing that since the Musk takeover. Pobeka Mar 2023 #20
"Link to tweet" posts should be confined to a Retweets group Orrex Mar 2023 #22

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
4. A lot of times you don't. But I can disengage immediately if I find out that it is
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:35 AM
Mar 2023

If that became commonplace here a whole lot less Twitter threads would get posted. What's the point in posting a thread if few bother to read or comment on it? I wish people would relate to Twitter as a right wing platform here, and acknowledge in an OP header when it is being linked to anyway, because there are no alternative sources for available the content.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
7. There are a few posters who post almost nothing but twitter tweets.
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:38 AM
Mar 2023

I have no one on ignore, but I never click on their threads.

I can only assume they sit at the computer all day long. It boggles the mind.

Dr. Strange

(25,898 posts)
16. Oh come on.
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 11:26 AM
Mar 2023

How can you go about your daily business without knowing how Jeff Tiedrich or George Takei have won the Internet for the day?

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
17. Lol! Right now there's a thread telling us what Stormy tweeted!
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 12:15 PM
Mar 2023

Alas, I guess I'll never know because I've not the least interest.

PatSeg

(46,773 posts)
23. Same here
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 02:33 PM
Mar 2023

I saw the subject line and chose to just move on. I rarely click on anything from Twitter.

DBoon

(22,284 posts)
12. Could be computer malware, too
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 11:00 AM
Mar 2023

for security reasons, it is not a good idea to click on links unless you know what they are.

wryter2000

(46,016 posts)
2. Tweets don't open on my phone
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:31 AM
Mar 2023

So, unless the tweet is copied here, I usually back out when I see a link to a tweet.

MayReasonRule

(1,459 posts)
3. I agree. Musk is a Goebbels
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:32 AM
Mar 2023

I would not participate in a forum run by Goebbels, except as a saboteur.

Hence I do not participate in a forum run by Musk, except as a saboteur.



 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
6. I'm not crazy about musk but Twitter remains the best source
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:37 AM
Mar 2023

For breaking news about Ukraine
When will the msm get around to covering the drone strike in Ctimea yesterday?

It is what it is. I intend to keep well-informed about Ukraine and will post from Twitter if I think it is important.

Tom Rinaldo

(22,911 posts)
8. A good example of why I'm not totally boycotting it yet...
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:40 AM
Mar 2023

Increasingly, information on Ukraine is my primary reason for reading anything on Twitter. But that makes up a very small percentage of the Twitter content I see on DU. Twitter doesn't have to lose 80% of it's users to fail. Probably 25 or so percent would be more than sufficient. Meanwhile, as users continue to steer away from Twitter, commercial incentives will increase for something else to replace it.

 

Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
21. I recently found out that WSJ writers will link to some
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 02:11 PM
Mar 2023

Of their very good coverage of Ukraine on Twitter and the articles don't have a paywall. There was a great article on Ukraine winning the was against their electrical Infratructure just today.

 

BlackSkimmer

(51,308 posts)
18. I read a number of UK newspapers.
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 12:23 PM
Mar 2023

Imo, much better sources and less likely to be false.

But I'm not a fan of twitter or Musk.

question everything

(47,263 posts)
9. When the twit is a text, it should be copied and pasted
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:42 AM
Mar 2023

The only twits I open are of the cute kitties and puppies on the Lounge

dutch777

(2,866 posts)
10. I agree and in general wish folks would just summarize and offer the link for me to NOT take
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:42 AM
Mar 2023

And this does not only go for Twitter as pay walls hit and other crap I don't need to have to click around. If the concern is attribution, which is fair, add the attribution to the original author/source in the summary.

CrispyQ

(36,221 posts)
11. I would like to know why sometimes when you click on a video tweet in a DU post,
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 10:50 AM
Mar 2023

it plays the the video here on DU & other times it takes you to twitter to play it. There must be a diff in the way the link was posted. ???

FakeNoose

(32,328 posts)
19. I'm not on Twitter however I do read some of the tweets posted on DU
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 12:41 PM
Mar 2023

I bothers me that we're giving clicks to Twitter that they didn't earn and they don't deserve.

To me the way around it is for the original DU poster to make a jpeg image or screenshot of the tweet, and then post the screenshot. It's no longer "live" because our DU readers can see what it says but they can't click on the Tweet.

I really wish more DU posters would do that.

Pobeka

(4,999 posts)
20. Welcome to the club. I've been doing that since the Musk takeover.
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 01:03 PM
Mar 2023

I click on average about one tweet a day.

There are posters now looking for news items on mastedon, and I am grateful to them. Applegrove is one who comes to mind who has started scanning mastedon for news and posting links here on DU.

Orrex

(63,083 posts)
22. "Link to tweet" posts should be confined to a Retweets group
Tue Mar 21, 2023, 02:24 PM
Mar 2023

9 times out of 10, the poster is simply retweeting someone else’s statement without adding to it.

Confine them to a single group so that they can be more readily ignored.

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