Twitter C/D

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The whole "periodic reminder" thing seems like a product of the abrupt nature of the Twitter format. People feel awkward simply making a statement/assertion without any prior framing, so they use that as a pretend lead-in.

never shdve gone to 280

They did all this dumb stuff and they still don’t have a buyer lol

“Twitter isn’t real life” but it’s all rich centrist dipshits complain about so I guess it’s something https://t.co/xK8Dv9Pe9k

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) February 28, 2020

we did it

Republican mega-donor buys stake in Twitter and seeks to oust Jack Dorsey – report

Everyone will be forced to follow all the Trump and Trump brand accounts

As long as we don't have to follow the lame Nixon ones too.

I write about films here sometimes if anyone wants to take a look ⤵️ https://t.co/bInmpGFx0l

— Toilets With Threatening Auras (@scarytoilet) March 9, 2020

the obvs next step after film crit hulk

been smashing the 'turn off re-tweets option' option lately, i think it's good housekeeping

got into a conversation with a fellow writer about right wing hate for hillary and i’m pretty sure we’re being swarmed by girlboss-feminism “agents” because he mentioned how people have wanted her dead (not untrue!!)

anyway never tweet

if you're on or lurk ilx and/or reddit (and, crucially, have nothing to promote online) there's no point to being on twitter at this point, anything worthwhile (and a ton that isn't) gets reposted

yeah it's why i'm thinking of taking a long break

get better Twitter feeds imo

I believe brad is talking about ilx

Simon H - that isn't really true, whether that's politics or books.

I do get more about films or TV from ilx than twitter tho'.

lol dont go on twitter just go on..........reddit

select and limited lurking on reddit is fine imho. (NEVER post tho)

(I realize this will not be a popular opinion)

yeah it's why i'm thinking of taking a long break

― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:45 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

does twitter have prefab sprout ballot polls, tho?

the tweets here too are getting me to consider taking a break from ilx :(
that, plus the ramp-up in assholism here lately, which is mostly usa primaries related but it's deeper.
even a politics board (that I could turn off on SNA) wouldn't stop it.
but people here seem to like things how they are (o/w the assholes would get 51d) so it's really just my problem :(

reminder: every year around February-March the sniping and griping reach their peak

how many hours do I have to stare at weird leftists on twitter before my brain gets this wrecked?

Nothing dril has ever tweeted can touch this pic.twitter.com/cZRHUo08WY

— L Ron Hubbard's Space Jazz (@MenshevikM) March 8, 2020

Just rt-ed. God's work on earth.

that Menshevik M is a total fucking dunce also (look at the replies, intersectionality "was influenced by Derrida and Foucault", fucking hell)

that is also bad

however I maintain the original tweet that is screenshoted is still mind-blowing

that Menshevik M is a total fucking dunce also (look at the replies, intersectionality "was influenced by Derrida and Foucault", fucking hell)

― frederik b. godt (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 10 March 2020 bookmarkflaglink

One (with the link) seems a crank, the other one is mocking it. A lot of the replies are a variation of wtf.

What happened to Boots Riley?

the only website i have to clear cookies for regularly to get to work properly

I wasn't starting this week expecting an extended twitter interaction between the helldude and a notable instagram scammer/influencer but it's raised my spirits

link

just trace back from @allahliker 's most recent tweets

there is some much inside information needed in order to understand any of this or the references

if you know nothing about any of these things, I would recommend not ruining your brain

luckily for me my brain is already ruined

Lately I've decided I should report any posts that contain political or factual falsehoods that I find harmful, along with any false or misleading information about COVID. The only problem is, I'm not sure which combination of report reasons I should select for these. Most of the choices are more about causing direct harm to individuals, as opposed to causing confusion and harm with fake information.

yeah, they have really fucked up by not just throwing “covid-19 misinformation” in as a category

probably a lot of internal waffling of how to make it a more general use category and what “science” and “medicine” really mean

I feel like the ability to "fact check" bullshit tweets would be very helpful, but I may be deluding myself.

"facts" according to whom, though?

sigh

According to me. Obviously there is a subjective element there, but maybe if tweets are egregious enough,vtgey will draw more than just my own attention, and ultimately get some of the worst offenders banned.

I get that this is very quixotic, pie in the sky stuff, but I'm bored.

the pandering brand account saga continues

the steak umms guys dad, who runs the ad agency he works for, is a rick santorum donor https://t.co/IMeOs8HhIl

— dean screan (@Lowenaffchen) April 14, 2020

a bad dad? now I've seen everything

he's not just the dad.. he's the boss

idk there's this element where someone who works in marketing also has their own account where they're tweeting about how it's a cool experiment to present a brand as this inspirational voice.. that's also marketing

and the marketing company is just another company

fuck the steak-umm boy hate him wish him gone here's his cover of dreams lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUspsh0wqcY

should be in prison for something

imo they should just tell the truth that steak-umms are reconstituted beef trimmings and eating them instead of buying fancy cuts of meat, which there are only so many of per cow, is a lot more environmentally conscious

woke steak-umms is a perfect internet moment

https://i.imgur.com/OcEfnbl.png