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mopinko

(69,808 posts)
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 09:20 AM Jan 2017

would the tweeters here like a forum for what's happening on twitter?

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just reading about the pissing contest cheeto sporkhands is unleashing on schumer and the cia this morning. i had the thought that we should all learn to tweet.

mayhaps we could use a little war room, and a du twitter brigade.

i wont be by the computer much today, so knr if you think this is a good idea.


eta- i even thought up a slogan-
we are not bots.
we are du.

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would the tweeters here like a forum for what's happening on twitter? (Original Post) mopinko Jan 2017 OP
With links to originals, so we can retweet en masse? annabanana Jan 2017 #1
I've barely figured out screenshots sarah FAILIN Jan 2017 #5
rly peeps? mopinko Jan 2017 #2
I think this could be VERY useful.. annabanana Jan 2017 #11
Great idea! flamingdem Jan 2017 #3
I love twitter and am in favor of this NightWatcher Jan 2017 #4
I'm going to be signing up to Twitter @ the end of the month Cha Jan 2017 #6
yeah, i gotta do it. mopinko Jan 2017 #7
That would be tricky.. I really like some of the Tweeters Cha Jan 2017 #8
Do you mean a group? demmiblue Jan 2017 #9
i do mean a group. mopinko Jan 2017 #10
Whoever is in the twitter group retweets the tweet TrekLuver Jan 2017 #13
You can make a tweet group on twitter and you post tweets to the group and then everybody retweets TrekLuver Jan 2017 #12
Yeah, that is a better idea. tosh Jan 2017 #16
Count me in. tosh Jan 2017 #14
I won't tweet, but will read the results here. Hekate Jan 2017 #15

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
1. With links to originals, so we can retweet en masse?
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 09:22 AM
Jan 2017

Sounds like something that might be useful for message amplification. . .

annabanana

(52,791 posts)
11. I think this could be VERY useful..
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 06:15 PM
Jan 2017

When I see copies of tweets here, there's a big mishigas involved with going to find the original so I can retweet those I think my followers would amplify.

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
4. I love twitter and am in favor of this
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:07 PM
Jan 2017

I'd like an anonymous roster of DUers twitter handles (not linked to their screen names here) where we could all follow each other.

mopinko

(69,808 posts)
7. yeah, i gotta do it.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:13 PM
Jan 2017

there was a comment here that we should do this anonymously, w/o user names, but i dont know how well that would work.
i guess folks could do it there, but if i come and post what i tweeted, um.....

Cha

(295,929 posts)
8. That would be tricky.. I really like some of the Tweeters
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:18 PM
Jan 2017

out there and know who I'm going to follow right away.

I just want another handle than my real name because it's going to be all political and not everyone who I know is going to like some of what I have to say. I don't want to be encumbered by it.

demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
9. Do you mean a group?
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:21 PM
Jan 2017

The admins are not going to create a forum for tweets.

If you mean a group... no. They don't get any traffic.

Maybe one could use the Activist Headquarters Group for this purpose.

mopinko

(69,808 posts)
10. i do mean a group.
Thu Jan 5, 2017, 08:41 PM
Jan 2017

activist headquarters would work, i guess, but well,

some of the groups are busy, tho, and it doesnt take much to make one.

tosh

(4,422 posts)
16. Yeah, that is a better idea.
Fri Jan 6, 2017, 06:24 PM
Jan 2017

My twitter name is in no way linked to my DU name and I'd like to keep it that way.

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