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hunter

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40. Do you get actionable information on X, or is it like the television news...

Wed Jan 22, 2025, 10:05 AM

Jan 2025

... leaving you glued to the screen and passive, yet feeling somehow you are "informed..."

DU is my only social media and I don't watch television news or opinion. I don't watch any advertising supported television at all. I was blocking twitter from my personal universe long before Musk bought it. I don't want their cookies, I don't want to be tracked by them.

DU is not my primary resource for political action, but it is a comfortable place to float some of my thoughts about politics, and the signal to noise ratio here is good.

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Ban x- xitter links now. Stop making excuses. Reddit is doing this now. [View all] we can do it Jan 2025 OP

Agreed. MotownPgh Jan 2025 #1

I was just on Reddit and didn't see X bans jmbar2 Jan 2025 #9

I'm still seeing X on Reddit too. DeepWinter Jan 2025 #38

Hundreds of subreddits have banned twitter links and screenshots obamanut2012 Jan 2025 #44

Even the Philadelphia Eagles subreddit tishaLA Jan 2025 #16

I'm not sure how reddit works, but if reddit goes to an all out X ban, then it will hurt X signficantly. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #2

Why aren't we doing that here? Baitball Blogger Jan 2025 #4

We can make it happen. fb needs to go too. we can do it Jan 2025 #5

I am down to progressive friends, so, the minute an alternate shows up Baitball Blogger Jan 2025 #7

We're not the size of reddit. All that will happen here, is that less information will be available. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #6

Then why bother voting, too. Same logic. Starve the beast. we can do it Jan 2025 #8

A source of information? Cirsium Jan 2025 #12

Will you please tell the City of San Antonio to get on Blue Sky and drop twitter? LeftInTX Jan 2025 #18

"Let's punish Elon by not posting or sharing from X". jmbar2 Jan 2025 #29

I think many people complaining weren't on X in the first place. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #32

Thank you jmbar2 Jan 2025 #34

Absolutely Cirsium Jan 2025 #43

Less information...and fewer cat videos! TommyT139 Jan 2025 #30

Do you get actionable information on X, or is it like the television news... hunter Jan 2025 #40

Short tweets. Emergency weather info. Breaking news. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #41

NJ Started It NJCher Jan 2025 #33

Agree canetoad Jan 2025 #3

Agreed Cne99999 Jan 2025 #10

Kind of hard to misinterpret. usonian Jan 2025 #11

The live-action shot demonstrates the point. Gore1FL Jan 2025 #15

I am far more concerned that he is.... sheshe2 Jan 2025 #28

I saw a great clip from the UK today. tishaLA Jan 2025 #17

Play games? osteopath6 Jan 2025 #19

James O' Brien was great today rpannier Jan 2025 #21

I catch him on YouTube tishaLA Jan 2025 #23

Agreed Cirsium Jan 2025 #13

There will always be people who rationalize and make excuses JoseBalow Jan 2025 #14

Mobs usually get it wrong. osteopath6 Jan 2025 #20

You know things are already depressing enough. Do you really need to accuse DU members of being collaborators? LeftInTX Jan 2025 #22

I'm not going to criticize, but tishaLA Jan 2025 #24

I haven't had the time. They will probably get there. LeftInTX Jan 2025 #26

... SheltieLover Jan 2025 #27

I didn't say that JoseBalow Jan 2025 #36

I would even go so far as saying NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2025 #25

While you are at it AKwannabe Jan 2025 #31

There's a poster here who NJCher Jan 2025 #39

Part of being in the resistance is sacrifice Keepthesoulalive Jan 2025 #35

As always, this simple act of the smallest bit of resistance Voltaire2 Jan 2025 #37

Why is this post not showing on greatest page? we can do it Jan 2025 #42

I can see it. n/t demmiblue Jan 2025 #46

I stopped going there the day after the election, and deleted my account on the inauguration. demmiblue Jan 2025 #45

You can ban them, in a sense, by placing the posters who post Twitter links on ignore. demmiblue Jan 2025 #47

It needs to happen here of all places Phentex Jan 2025 #48

Kicking, and wondering... LudwigPastorius Feb 2025 #49