It's Hard To Rid Ourselves Of Eloon & Twitter Here At DU When....

[global1]

many posters keep linking DU to Tweets.

Just saying.

[48656c6c6f20]

1. Just saying what?

[global1]

6. It's Hard To Rid Ourselves Of Eloon & Twitter Here At DU When....

many posters keep linking DU to Tweets.

[WA-03 Democrat]

7. Its the attention economy

You vote with your mouse clicks. As many have pointed out don’t feed the troll at twitter. He does not deserve your clicks. Take a screenshot of the tweet if you must would be the best option.

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[CrispyQ]

2. Personally, I like to read what others are saying on Twitter, &

I'm glad others go there so I don't have to.

[moniss]

3. I agree and

people could copy/paste the text rather than providing a link so that we end up giving that moron clicks.

[emulatorloo]

12. It is not that easy to copy text from a tweet unfortunately.

Or the video clips/pics embedded in a tweet.

[orthoclad]

15. It's very easy, for example:

"ANYWAY please subscribe to my very inexpensive newsletter, which gives you the cartoon a day early and contains my various ramblings and also literally makes it possible for me to continue cartooning https://thismodernworld.com/subscriptions"
I just now pulled this from Tom Tomorrow's birdcage. Took me a few seconds. Select, copy, paste.

And I don't even join twitter, I just read it off the web.

For videos and pics, type one descriptive sentence instead of a blank link. Is that so hard?

The posts which consist only of a teaser, then blank space and the phrase "Link to tweet" are annoying. It's rude. It wastes people's time and clicks. I appreciate the folks who take the trouble to quote the material or describe the vids. I thank them in advance.

Why does a democratic org depend so heavily on the services of a Bond villain? Don't give him extra clicks.

[moniss]

26. I hear what you're

saying but I see posts all the time where the text is here along with the link. The clips/pics might be another thing but might be able to be sourced from somewhere else. I think more effort might be required but it would also be worth it. Besides it's not generally good policy to just blindly click on links. I'm just old school (actually prehistoric school) and I shy away from clicking on "blog type/opinion sites" links if I can (you never know when some clown is trying to cause problems) and e-mail attachments, unknown PDF file links etc.

I agree with the others here on DU who voice their dislike of people originating posts/making comments with only a couple of words (if that) and then just a link to click on.

[USALiberal]

4. Is anyone forcing you to read them? Do you know how to hide them??

[global1]

8. No One Is Forcing Me To Read Them - But....

those here that frequent Twitter and provide links to Tweets - contribute to this megalomaniac's fortune and more of his craziness.

[womanofthehills]

9. Twitter is first in World News

It would be crazy to eliminate it from DU. The info available on Twitter is endless in every area. Shit, I can even follow Bolsonaro to see what shit he’s up to.

We are NOT contributing to Elon’s fortune as he is losing huge ants of money on Twitter.

Also, Twitter has to do with who you follow and most posters are Democrats but I prefer to not limit myself to only people with the same opinions as mine.

If you have been reading the Twitter files you will see all the internet platforms have problems.

[emulatorloo]

13. Sorry, there's a lot of good progressive news and analysis at twitter. Just trash the threads.

[moniss]

27. There is also a

ton of crap. There is much that gets presented as fact that is false, things sloppily and/or misleadingly presented without necessary context, false attribution. bootstrapping speculation etc. You can literally post any phony thing you want on Twitter and tons of people will decry it and tons will swear it is Gospel. I don't find that a very helpful approach in trying to arrive at an informed, rational opinion on policy or events.

[LiberalFighter]

5. Yes. I would prefer a screenshot to avoid additional counts to the tweet.

[emulatorloo]

14. That's a great idea, except it is nearly impossible to post images at DU.

especially for the average user.

[kimbutgar]

18. Yes when I try it comes out small so I rarely never post pictures on DU

I try to follow the directions and it never works. only when I post YouTube videos does it work.

[lambchopp59]

11. I miss many posts because

I do 13 hour shifts, much of it slow. Ideal pre-retirement gig requiring my broad experience.
The hospital has much "frivolous" social media blocked, including Twitter. The Twitter-linked posts won't display.
I don't have an issue with Twitter being blocked-- some young folks are far too addicted to social media on their phones. I know of one facility losing tremendous productivity to that.
Come to think of it I can't recall the last time I got on that idiotic fluff site.

[orthoclad]

16. Ten simple tricks

Link to tweet

[kimbutgar]

17. When I look at a tweet that sends me to Twitter I stop looking

If it’s embedded where I can see it in DU especially animal videos I watch them,

[FakeNoose]

19. It's the live links to Twitter that bother me

I don't care if somebody makes a screenshot of a tweet, and posts the screenshot. That's fine.

But the live links that create more traffic and more advertising $$ for Musk, that has to stop. DU shouldn't allow it.

[womanofthehills]

21. Live links are easy - it's a drag to have to make a copy

Many of us don’t want to have to go to a third site to post a picture - too time consuming. This is addressed earlier in this thread.

Elon is losing money, not making it. With 500 million tweets a day on Twitter, I don’t think a few from DU will have a lasting effect.

[FarPoint]

20. I never hit their tweet links

..I am loyal to the Boycott

[brooklynite]

25. "The boycott"?

I'm not aware of an organized boycott. Just individuals who say they won't read Twitter (or the New York Times, or CNN on.....)

[Brother Buzz]

22. I'm cool with posts of legitimate news stories being tweeted

And I'd be cool if we toss all the Elad kerfuffle on the dung heap.

[stopdiggin]

23. not going to happen

for reasons that have been explained and explored. And not sure if there has ever been a (serious) call for it - either through mods or participants. I have noticed almost zero really noxious content migrating in this direction, and that's good enough in my books. The trustworthiness of the source has been debated, as far as hard news and/or opinion - but again that is on the DU member that is OPing or linking. And (mostly) they have a handle on whom they are following.

You're free to abandon the platform if you choose (as are others, if that is their choice) I personally was never there. But enough with the neighborhood scold and virtual signalling.
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[Autumn]

24. Key word hide Elon Musk and you won't have to complain about seeing him.

Some of like information on current events. And that idiot is a current event.