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Showing Original Post only (View all)Should DU Remove Twitter Content? [View all]
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47 (42%) |
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58 (51%) |
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5 (4%) |
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It would be nice if there were a simple screen grab feature to post images.
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2022
#30
There are browser plugins that screenshot, u/l to a cloud server & provide a link URL to embed?
NullTuples
Nov 2022
#62
Short answer: yes. My follow of him has been dropped 2x now. Also, I'm getting tweets from RW
NullTuples
Nov 2022
#61
So? It was up there deceiving people for a period of time before Tribe posted his warning.
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#70
It was up for mere hours. There are 9 Lawrence Tribes on Twitter; none have been blocked.
NullTuples
Nov 2022
#71
How do you know the fake account was only up for a few hours, or that it would have been removed
pnwmom
Nov 2022
#73
In your world then, posing a question equates to "steaming in here laying down the law?"
ZZenith
Nov 2022
#12
This was already a popular refrain before Elon. We frequently see posts complaining about
RockRaven
Nov 2022
#11
I have always avoided Twitter because I believe it's format inherently inhibits meaningful dialog
ZZenith
Nov 2022
#14
No. There are still great journalists on Twitter getting important messages out. Why
chia
Nov 2022
#22
Exactly. I miss Twitter because of people like Laurence Tribe. Lawyers, scholars, historians,
chia
Nov 2022
#53
I get the desire based on Musk's actions and future concerns, but much of what we hear from Ukraine
hlthe2b
Nov 2022
#44
not only no, but hell no. and it'd be nice if those of us still using it to catch less shade 4 it.
mopinko
Nov 2022
#47