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Posted By: DW626, 11/27/2022 7:01:53 AM

In between watching the scandalous FTX crypto scam unfold and making all the Thanksgiving fixings, I’ve joined Twitter, which I’ve refused to participate in for years. One reason for my about-face on the social media site is that Elon Musk, the new owner, is creating a genuine open forum and he’s actively participating as a commentator in the most amusing way. I prefer the Facebook technical setup but despise the way it (like the former Jack Dorsey-run Twitter) uses it to stifle real debate, regularly in one way or another blocking other than left-wing views and information. In time, if Musk achieves his goal, Facebook may reform itself as well

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Reply 1 - Posted by: privateer 11/27/2022 7:31:23 AM (No. 1343153)
I like the idea of his tELOphoNe to rival the iPhone!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: philsner 11/27/2022 7:48:57 AM (No. 1343156)
Saw a Chipotle ad the other day. They claim that their produce is "locally grown", but in the fine print it says: Chipotle defines "locally grown" to mean "anywhere within 350 miles of a distribution center". Lol.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: DVC 11/27/2022 8:53:24 AM (No. 1343202)
Never have been on twitter or fakebook, and don't intend to have anything to do with either, ever. But, it is a good thing that twitter users can freely express their opinions without the extreme leftist censorship that was there previously.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: udanja99 11/27/2022 9:43:20 AM (No. 1343246)
Clarice, Zuckerberg stuffed $400 million into Biden’s pocket to help him steal the presidency. Why are you aiding and abetting him?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: pensom2 11/27/2022 9:51:25 AM (No. 1343253)
Elon Musk cannot be 100% good; none of us is. However, he seems to have embarked upon a goodly cause. Elon must protect himself as he seeks to expose the dark forces in the democratic party, in the Uniparty, in the FBI, and in the Swamp, who strove to suppress the truth about Hunter Biden's and his father's treacherous graft and treason. Those dark forces will array themselves against him as surely as they did against Jeffrey Epstein, who knew their secrets and posed a threat of exposure of these malefactors in high places. Well said the Son of God: "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." (John 3:19 - 20)
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Reply 6 - Posted by: MDConservative 11/27/2022 9:54:16 AM (No. 1343256)
It amazes me how folks flock to these platforms they never use. They praise "free speech" so long as no one who has a different viewpoint is allowed to post. If such posts are allowed, the platform has turned to the dark side. And then comes the stuff that gets "censored". I've had a Twitter account since way back. Quickly stopped bothering when it was dominated by juveniles and political extremists on both ends of the spectrum. On the occasional short jaunt back I find nothing has changed. How people construct their information environment around this nonsense is fascinating to me. It's a pretty fair indicator as to the shallowness of American political thought and activity. Oh, wait, I got a message from Kim about Ye...
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Reply 7 - Posted by: mc squared 11/27/2022 1:04:32 PM (No. 1343432)
I don't have any social media accounts so I don't know how these ads are delivered. But so what? Who buys anything that pops up on a phone or a computer screen anyway?
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