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librechik

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53. DU is a superb (IMO) "news aggregator" for liberals
Thu Dec 23, 2021, 11:09 AM
Dec 2021

So almost all of our posts start with articles/videos from other places. Apparently Twitter reaches a lot of folks on DU, but I seldom go there. When I find a Twitter piece here that I watch, I'm grateful to the DUer who posted it here so I don't have to go to Twitter.


That being said, Twitter kinda sucks.

And DU, thank goodness, is not Twitter.

Better that then time-wasting videos relayerbob Dec 2021 #1
+1000 Diamond_Dog Dec 2021 #26
+1,000,000. Especially if I have to endure some vanlassie Dec 2021 #27
We don't encourage or discourage the posting of tweets EarlG Dec 2021 #2
Thanks, EarlG. My biggest issue is with posters not even bothering to add a sentence or two about erronis Dec 2021 #6
It looks like a Firefox add-on "DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials" was blocking the tweet content. erronis Dec 2021 #17
Twitter posts often clutter up the Discussion Forum Sugarcoated Dec 2021 #28
That's where a lot of breaking news is, with no paywall! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2021 #3
That's a good point! n/t femmedem Dec 2021 #7
yes Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #42
We'd rather be shallow than uninformed bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #4
"A thinking man's shallowness"! PatSeg Dec 2021 #19
I like the embedded tweets, because I don't have a twitter account Bev54 Dec 2021 #41
Yes, I'd rather read the tweets here PatSeg Dec 2021 #51
you shape your own twitter experience, you know Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #43
I don't spend much time there at all PatSeg Dec 2021 #52
what I am saying... Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #55
I'm not making assumptions about other people's experiences PatSeg Dec 2021 #56
:) moonscape Dec 2021 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author femmedem Dec 2021 #5
Because many journalists, writers and such post pertinent articles. tenderfoot Dec 2021 #8
DU is an amalgamation site. Twitter is a major source of breaking applegrove Dec 2021 #9
agree nt Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #44
amazing how much on twitter promotes trump and right wingers & it's all true of course nt msongs Dec 2021 #10
I do that all the time. Wait; I have an excuse. mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2021 #11
Although I often click on tweets posted here... NNadir Dec 2021 #12
Why not? Tommymac Dec 2021 #13
Like an item 3auld6phart Dec 2021 #14
I've not noticed a change. PTWB Dec 2021 #15
An additional couple of lines of text under the Tweet or Tube link would be a courtesy Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #16
Yes I agree PatSeg Dec 2021 #22
My "problem" was a add-on "DuckDuckGo Privacy Blocker". It wouldn't allow the twitter image erronis Dec 2021 #18
I don't mind Twitter posts. Irish_Dem Dec 2021 #20
I have no problem with Twitter reposts, IF Pinback Dec 2021 #21
Well said PatSeg Dec 2021 #23
How will I know what to think TheProle Dec 2021 #24
Glad you found a way to get better about yourself today. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2021 #34
I'd love some content, please Wicked Blue Dec 2021 #25
I've just discovered twitter. But it is absolutely the way you can find Tomconroy Dec 2021 #29
yes, that's true Grasswire2 Dec 2021 #45
twitter is blocked on many workplace networks DBoon Dec 2021 #30
Am I in trouble with the DU judicial body or something? 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2021 #31
Why are so many DU posts just links zuul Dec 2021 #32
Why are so many DU posts Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2021 #35
And why are others complaining about those who complain about others? nt Shermann Dec 2021 #36
I am NOT fed up with being sick and tired! Pinback Dec 2021 #50
It's beyond lately, back to 2016 the Trump effect. sarcasmo Dec 2021 #37
Because a lot of news breaks on Twitter mainer Dec 2021 #38
So DU is nothing more than a dumping ground for people's fav twits? erronis Dec 2021 #48
What do conspiracies about Twitter's leadership have to do with what is posted by people on DU? Renew Deal Dec 2021 #39
Probably nothing. But every DU post that is viewed goes into the twitter.com DB. erronis Dec 2021 #49
Blame Canada. Kaleva Dec 2021 #40
I prefer links to Twitter to one-line posts about what's on TV (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Dec 2021 #46
It's simple - global warming. hatrack Dec 2021 #47
DU is a superb (IMO) "news aggregator" for liberals librechik Dec 2021 #53
I'd tweet this post to make it meta, but I don't do Twitter. Efilroft Sul Dec 2021 #54
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