While I occasionally(and just for a few minutes at most) check up on Twitter to see what’s up, and read up on tweets from some political figures, I ended up choosing not to have an account. I never cease to be amazed at what passes for the latest outrage from “very online” politicos of all stripes, and go back to the real world, where the latest Twitter hysteria is a complete nontroversy.
To be sure, some of the tweets I like and find useful(including yours David, Steve, and a handful of others). Not having a Twitter account limits me to reading the posts, and not the comments(many have told me that I am not missing much!). Outside of that, I’m pretty much out of touch with Twitterverse, and whatever drama happens there.
A lot of people have lost their jobs because they were recorded acting the fool. The people who are jerks on airplanes or complete trash complaining about having to wear a mask should love these new rules. As now you can get those images off the platform most used to hold your accountable for your trashiness.
If Twitter controls the content beyond decency standards, they are a publisher - not a platform. (My previous version got it backwards. I don't have Biden's puppeteers to write for me and I'm older than he is.)
As someone who is hiding his face from the online machine learners for as long as I can, I 100% applaud Twitter's policy.
Nicely summed up David.
While I occasionally(and just for a few minutes at most) check up on Twitter to see what’s up, and read up on tweets from some political figures, I ended up choosing not to have an account. I never cease to be amazed at what passes for the latest outrage from “very online” politicos of all stripes, and go back to the real world, where the latest Twitter hysteria is a complete nontroversy.
To be sure, some of the tweets I like and find useful(including yours David, Steve, and a handful of others). Not having a Twitter account limits me to reading the posts, and not the comments(many have told me that I am not missing much!). Outside of that, I’m pretty much out of touch with Twitterverse, and whatever drama happens there.
A lot of people have lost their jobs because they were recorded acting the fool. The people who are jerks on airplanes or complete trash complaining about having to wear a mask should love these new rules. As now you can get those images off the platform most used to hold your accountable for your trashiness.
If Twitter controls the content beyond decency standards, they are a publisher - not a platform. (My previous version got it backwards. I don't have Biden's puppeteers to write for me and I'm older than he is.)
Oh look who's utilizing the policy: https://twitter.com/mmasnick/status/1466508463693959168