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In reply to the discussion: They're not just dumb, they are ultra stupid [View all]Moostache
(9,895 posts)16. Any form of communication that MANDATES 140 characters only is craptacular...
I have had a Twitter account since its inception a decade or so ago. We used it for IM during online gaming because it was easy to text on a phone and stay in a game on consoles that had lesser support...we used it for a few months and then something better was released and Twitter went on to become accepted as "real communication".
I HATE that...
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These feel very bot-like. Just another propaganda tool that Twitter helps to facilitate
JDC
Aug 2017
#4
Any form of communication that MANDATES 140 characters only is craptacular...
Moostache
Aug 2017
#16
It was somewhat understandable when they had to go to all the trouble of referencing a book.
maddiemom
Aug 2017
#36
A 2013 poll found that 29% of Louisiana Republicans believed Obama "was responsible for Katrina"
sandensea
Aug 2017
#17
His supporters really are not swift, to put it kindly. Really. That's why they're supporters...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2017
#21