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17. I don't get this at all. Are we luddites now? Should we ban books next?

Tue Mar 16, 2021, 02:45 PM

Mar 2021

See the link below to understand how much information we would miss if not for twitter links. This is a video on the Q-idiot Marjorie Taylor Green.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215234077

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I liked DU a lot more before it turned into a Twitter repeater. How about you? [View all] Towlie Mar 2021 OP

Good point KnR Hekate Mar 2021 #1

My druthers would be that twitter posts were confined to a twitter forum PufPuf23 Mar 2021 #2

+1 That would save me a lot of time. I hate clicking on what appears to be a post, lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #12

What if you block the word Twitter! Bluesaph Mar 2021 #212

Excellent idea! lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #225

Good suggestion, separate forum section on DU empedocles Mar 2021 #31

I am not against the twitter posts. PufPuf23 Mar 2021 #43

As an aside, why didn't former guy mr. billioinaire launch a hostile bid for Twitter? bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #98

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I see what you did there.... AZ8theist Mar 2021 #134

Not only that but it means bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #219

His $$$ is going towards legal defense these days. live love laugh Mar 2021 #215

The only problem with that suggestion WonderGrunion Mar 2021 #132

That is one reason for the suggestion of a separate forum and PufPuf23 Mar 2021 #142

Great idea! Yeehah Mar 2021 #140

And add FB etc grantcart Mar 2021 #146

good idea catrose Mar 2021 #147

I agree, but the lounge should be anything goes. JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #163

I agree with you about tweets in the the lounge PufPuf23 Mar 2021 #180

I agree! AwakeAtLast Mar 2021 #179

I mentioned six months ago and got the post removed. AKwannabe Mar 2021 #221

I'm one of the biggest offenders. In my defense, I'd like to say mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 #3

I like the twitter posts, so please carry on! :) chia Mar 2021 #47

I like the twitter posts too! Greybnk48 Mar 2021 #165

Change Nothing ProfessorGAC Mar 2021 #77

I like them, but... Boysterload Mar 2021 #79

I always post the text of the tweet in addition to the link to the tweet. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 #90

I love the twitter posts. Most of the time they make me laugh or at least smile. Biophilic Mar 2021 #87

Love the Tweets.. & Rt them. We Cha Mar 2021 #99

If polled, keep things as they are taxi Mar 2021 #175

I appreciate the Twitter reports. Please continue to do so. FlyingPiggy Mar 2021 #216

it's trump's favorite news source. that tells us a lot nt msongs Mar 2021 #4

His poisonous tweets don't represent all of Twitter. Lots of good people post good info there. chia Mar 2021 #49

Only about him and his followers. Not about a world of knowledge. nt Hortensis Mar 2021 #80

The Traitor Got KICKED OFF Twitter .. that Cha Mar 2021 #110

+1000 sheshe2 Mar 2021 #144

lol.. a fellow Cha Mar 2021 #149

I am feeling my way around. sheshe2 Mar 2021 #153

I agree, and cilla4progress Mar 2021 #5

Disagree with a separate forum. What about this? taxi Mar 2021 #177

I like seeing the tweets. I'm not on Twitter. Sogo Mar 2021 #6

Same here. Dagstead Bumwood Mar 2021 #46

I like seeing the tweets and sharing tweets Demovictory9 Mar 2021 #56

I don't like seeing the tweets, so I'm not on Twit. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #83

The tweets that bug me are the postings of links to articles from news sources on Twitter csziggy Mar 2021 #7

This 👆🏼 UpInArms Mar 2021 #14

Me, too. I usually don't click on the tweet if the post doesn't come up by itself on DU. BComplex Mar 2021 #108

Those often reflect summaries from a newsite with a very stringent paywall. That's why. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #21

I agree here. grumpyduck Mar 2021 #23

Once again, I'm one of the biggest offenders for that practice. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 #95

Especially aggravating. marble falls Mar 2021 #102

In other words.... Quit being so lazy. JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #166

silly complaint if the tweet is from the actual source of the info or event bigtree Mar 2021 #204

No, I'm talking about third party tweets posted by DUers, neither connected to the original source csziggy Mar 2021 #209

Yes, especially when so much of it turns out to be so much utter bull. Treefrog Mar 2021 #8

Oh my Dog I am so tired of the Twit re-posts. At best, a waste of time. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #9

I don't do twitter so to me having tweets posted gives us access... brush Mar 2021 #10

Thanks, brush. sheshe2 Mar 2021 #58

+1 bronxiteforever Mar 2021 #117

What I hate most about it is... ret5hd Mar 2021 #11

+1000 nt doubleplusgood Mar 2021 #106

Gotta agree. Tweets rarely add much to the discussion. Although, with the new... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #13

I thnk the repeat listings are the Twitter link and a screen shot csziggy Mar 2021 #35

Who me? What? Duh? murielm99 Mar 2021 #15

No! I find it to be a great feature. RainCaster Mar 2021 #16

I don't get this at all. Are we luddites now? Should we ban books next? brush Mar 2021 #17

You are actually comparing books to twitter? Wowza, no comment here because none needed. Treefrog Mar 2021 #196

Zing! Right over your head. brush Mar 2021 #206

No. I read. Treefrog Mar 2021 #230

But you don't comprehend. Do you even know what a luddite is? brush Mar 2021 #231

There are some incredible people with specific expertise on twitter that give real time comments hlthe2b Mar 2021 #18

Concur taxi Mar 2021 #181

Too much Twitter malaise Mar 2021 #19

I'm not on twitter so I enjoy seeing some of the posts from people there. Vinca Mar 2021 #20

I'm not on Twit because I don't want to see garbage and support a Fascist outlet. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #85

Now, that's a little harsh... ShazzieB Mar 2021 #126

Not intended to insult Twit users; rather to warn them. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #127

members of congress & senate are on twitter orleans Mar 2021 #169

Yes, that is unfortunate. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #224

no it's not. we're able to hear from them & what they're thinking about things without the orleans Mar 2021 #233

Twitter is a modern way of communicating. I don't want to miss out Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #22

+1000 chia Mar 2021 #51

+1500 LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #60

+2000 Lisa0825 Mar 2021 #200

+2500 😉 bdjhawk Mar 2021 #218

Guess I'll have to stop posting.....😢 Nevilledog Mar 2021 #24

Lol LizBeth Mar 2021 #26

No, no! empedocles Mar 2021 #29

Pls don't stop. Do not yield to the luddite faction here. brush Mar 2021 #48

Pssst.....I was being 99.9% sarcastic......lol Nevilledog Mar 2021 #50

Ok, but pls continue. brush Mar 2021 #55

good. b/c if you stop posting tweets then i'll feel like i have to stop orleans Mar 2021 #172

I'd be sad without Jeff and Middle Age Riot Nevilledog Mar 2021 #184

Please keep posting. I have to hear what the world is thinking and saying. Irish_Dem Mar 2021 #53

Yes, I'm so with you. brush Mar 2021 #81

You usually post the tweet as well as the link. No problems. marble falls Mar 2021 #105

lol yeah 'cause someone wrote Cha Mar 2021 #150

... Nevilledog Mar 2021 #156

Many of us love it.. Cha Mar 2021 #161

I have no problem with the tweets. Not that significant in Ops. LizBeth Mar 2021 #25

I don't care one way or the other. Croney Mar 2021 #27

I roll with the changes and things usually even out. Solly Mack Mar 2021 #28

OK with them when interesting. Just wish so many weren't posted such that tweet appears twice. Hoyt Mar 2021 #30

Agreed. Also, wish folks would include the state instead of sinkingfeeling Mar 2021 #32

way back with bush the dummy we didn't have twitter demtenjeep Mar 2021 #33

way back with bush the dummy we didn't have twitter demtenjeep Mar 2021 #34

Personally I don't mind good content being shared here from Twitter etc awesomerwb1 Mar 2021 #36

I agree. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #141

I don't mind them. MuseRider Mar 2021 #37

People who rely on the intelligence or wit of others to express themselves... WarGamer Mar 2021 #38

Shhh- lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #44

Sharing the knowledge or insight or expertise of others doesn't preclude one from having their own. chia Mar 2021 #57

I've been on discussion sites before... WarGamer Mar 2021 #66

Enjoy your short stay! nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #74

Clarify... WarGamer Mar 2021 #76

Some might have mistaked that for a flame, I think the impression is you called some here 'twits'. marble falls Mar 2021 #109

And yet didn't you recently post something from Bill Gates? People post the work/idea of others chia Mar 2021 #123

Yes... WarGamer Mar 2021 #167

It helps having you clarify that you're not specifically referring to DU, and I'm not trying to give chia Mar 2021 #194

I hear ya... WarGamer Mar 2021 #202

I'll take your concerns to heart the next time the subjects of panspermia or abiogenesis come up chia Mar 2021 #222

At the same time pure opinions with no citations turn discussion into a wad of quibbles. marble falls Mar 2021 #207

Reporters often share stories on Twitter before they show up on google searches. pnwmom Mar 2021 #67

That's different. WarGamer Mar 2021 #70

Correct. A reporter on the scene will get out a tweet long before a story hits the wires. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 #103

Actually I think they're fantastic, I love the auto-insert. I wish other sites I frequent had this OnDoutside Mar 2021 #39

I Dislike the One Word Posts Where You Have to Click to See WTF The Post is Really About More Indykatie Mar 2021 #40

+10000000000000000 Celerity Mar 2021 #42

Yeah, Twit re-posts are often titled "THIS!!!" or some such nothingness. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #45

Yup! Any ambiguous post headings are usually ignored. Unless the rec count is high flibbitygiblets Mar 2021 #214

I like the tweet OP's for the most part, sorry. Celerity Mar 2021 #41

Hey... Mr. Scorpio Mar 2021 #52

Agreed. It's a problem on all discussion forums Ron Obvious Mar 2021 #54

Yes. It gets annoying, opening a post and it being nothing but a tweet ms liberty Mar 2021 #59

People said the same thing about radio, TV, and the internet. Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #65

Correct, but I wasn't complaining about technology ms liberty Mar 2021 #92

+1 nt Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #78

I dont mind twitter posts Mosby Mar 2021 #61

As long as it's relevant and interesting I don't have a problem with it. ToxMarz Mar 2021 #62

If a tweet is in addition to other PatSeg Mar 2021 #63

It is, like it or not, one of the new communication methods of the modern age LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #64

I like & enjoy my Twitter accounts and I will continue to post using tweets. irisblue Mar 2021 #68

I feel the same way - I also dislike links to videos Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #69

I don't like those, either. ShazzieB Mar 2021 #155

I'm a fast reader too and I feel like you do Wicked Blue Mar 2021 #187

Agreed wryter2000 Mar 2021 #71

Grateful to those who post useful, valuable twitter content... so we don't have to use it. (Nt) FreepFryer Mar 2021 #72

Don't mind it. Elessar Zappa Mar 2021 #73

I have a easy solution for you! nt USALiberal Mar 2021 #75

A warning "This post is only a tweet re-post" ? lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #93

I don't see how twitter postings lillypaddle Mar 2021 #82

I love tweet posts! I don't follow Twitter so like to see clever people's observations and quips. Hamlette Mar 2021 #84

I don't think you can blame DU solely ... it seems like every mechanism for news seems to SWBTATTReg Mar 2021 #86

Wouldn't this be like killing the messenger (Twitter?) BEFORE getting the message? Hortensis Mar 2021 #88

No, I think DU gets a net benefit from Twitter muriel_volestrangler Mar 2021 #89

I appreciate good Tweets, especially when the Twitter link is included so I can retweet it. SunSeeker Mar 2021 #91

Twitter brings real time speed but less depth bucolic_frolic Mar 2021 #94

I enjoy much of the Twitter content that gets posted here, so I'm not at all opposed to it. scarletwoman Mar 2021 #96

If I wanted to read tweets I would join Twitter ripcord Mar 2021 #97

+1000 lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #107

Not me. I want to know what Malcolm Nance, Walter Shaub Marc Elias, mahina Mar 2021 #100

My only real complaint about DU. marble falls Mar 2021 #101

It is annoying to read a vague headline, click on it, only to find the blue "link to tweet". niyad Mar 2021 #104

Posters of tweets don't realize superpatriotman Mar 2021 #111

Ok, no Twitter. No mentioning T***p. No posts about getting a stimulus check. No posts about our dameatball Mar 2021 #112

+1 sheshe2 Mar 2021 #189

They're fine, if the subject line IDs them as such intrepidity Mar 2021 #113

Something like this? taxi Mar 2021 #160

Yes, like that nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #164

Well then, let's see if it can happen by dropping it in a few places. nt taxi Mar 2021 #170

I'm game nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #173

re: links, only when the link is the *only* content nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #176

Excellent. taxi Mar 2021 #178

Dude. Where's the nt? nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #183

Yeah, non-conformity occasionally rears it's head. Again. taxi Mar 2021 #188

LOL intrepidity Mar 2021 #191

+ nt taxi Mar 2021 #192

Off topic but my first time voting was for McGovern PufPuf23 Mar 2021 #199

Hat tip to you sir taxi Mar 2021 #201

It's a reiteration. lpbk2713 Mar 2021 #114

I greatly appreciate the reposts from Twitter. DavidDvorkin Mar 2021 #115

I join you in that rurallib Mar 2021 #131

Mixed Bag DallasNE Mar 2021 #116

I like it a lot more since the "former guy" got kicked off Twitter. BluesRunTheGame Mar 2021 #118

Checking Twitter ornotna Mar 2021 #119

If not for twitter there would be a lot less content on DU. Autumn Mar 2021 #120

My feelings as well. I don't complain because, hey, things change. Mister Ed Mar 2021 #121

Agreed...put me down as a.... JoeOtterbein Mar 2021 #122

I love the posts with twitter gems. Keep 'em coming. n/t rainin Mar 2021 #124

I don't mind them at all. Twitter is an information source, like thousands of other sources. CaptainTruth Mar 2021 #125

Agree ! Gilbert Moore Mar 2021 #128

Maybe having short primer on how to post tweet and Justice Mar 2021 #129

Yes, this is badly needed nt intrepidity Mar 2021 #182

I'm ok with it. It's part of the everchanging expression of life. patphil Mar 2021 #130

Yup. Same here. japple Mar 2021 #133

I like twitter, have no problems with that but seeing fox news videos pop up does disgust me. nt yaesu Mar 2021 #135

I like the Twitter posts. Ignore them if you dont? Lucinda Mar 2021 #136

I like them. Kaleva Mar 2021 #137

Amen! Yeehah Mar 2021 #138

I find out things I might not otherwise have known and read some of the best comments yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #139

If polled, keep things as they are. taxi Mar 2021 #143

Should have a separate forum for social platform quoting grantcart Mar 2021 #145

I like the Tweets. nt frogmarch Mar 2021 #148

Missing Link to Tweet ;) BlueBassLines Mar 2021 #151

Do Not Agree, I find nothing wrong with the twitter reposts. Don't read if you don't like them. OverBurn Mar 2021 #152

I have no problem with Twitter posts. myccrider Mar 2021 #154

I don't use twitter jase024 Mar 2021 #157

I post tweets, but I also acknowledge that there is some tweet spamming here. demmiblue Mar 2021 #158

I remember the days before reTweets JohnnyRingo Mar 2021 #159

IMHO, Twitter is just another platform where everyone voices their opinions . . . peggysue2 Mar 2021 #162

I probably close three out of four before the tweet loads. bluedigger Mar 2021 #168

You know how we put "nt" in the title line to indicate "no text" in the body? intrepidity Mar 2021 #171

DU is the only place I see twitter feeds. LanternWaste Mar 2021 #174

never thought of it that way but onethatcares Mar 2021 #185

I'm tweeting this entire thread Bucky Mar 2021 #186

... demmiblue Mar 2021 #190

;) sheshe2 Mar 2021 #193

The entire thread or just the DU link? marble falls Mar 2021 #208

everything Bucky Mar 2021 #211

I love the Twitter posts -that's where the breaking news is womanofthehills Mar 2021 #195

Idk I've seen some throw-uppingly funny Twitter stuff here LearnedHand Mar 2021 #197

I find a lot of breaking news and otherwise missed news from the posts from Twitter. Lisa0825 Mar 2021 #198

that's an oversimplification bigtree Mar 2021 #203

Don't have a twitter account so it really does not bother me. dilby Mar 2021 #205

It's tiresome Sugarcoated Mar 2021 #210

Twitter should have to pay royalties. kentuck Mar 2021 #213

Yep TigressDem Mar 2021 #217

It's still words, I like it. betsuni Mar 2021 #220

LOL. A lot of control freaks in this thread... ecstatic Mar 2021 #223

Many of the tweets that get posted are useful information. MineralMan Mar 2021 #226

All that typing and you never answered the question. Towlie Mar 2021 #227

I did answer it. I like some Twitter posts and not others. MineralMan Mar 2021 #228

In all fairness, Twitter content can be very contemporaneous... Pluvious Mar 2021 #229

I'm not sure I remember back that far, but I know I'm grateful that I don't have to follow... LAS14 Mar 2021 #232