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Strovenovus's avatar

Wholeheartedly agree. Leaving would be a mistake. The discourse on Twitter too often rolls around in the gutter, but it remains a powerful medium. Your comments on Twitter are engaging. Example: your follow up statements to M. Hasan were prompt, readily accessible and excellent. You have a good following there and you should keep it. Have a good vacation.

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minitiger's avatar

How would Matt leaving Twitter be a “mistake”? Dude’s a best-selling author who’s written many excellent books, I think he’ll be fine.

Nobody “needs” fucking Twitter, particularly not Matt. In fact, we’d all be better off without it.

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Lucy's avatar

If it’s either/or, thanks for staying on Substack.

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Sleazy E's avatar

Only losers use twitter. He should definitely leave - Matt has been a massive hypocrite for continuing to use it all these years, given that it is the source of much of the corruption he writes about.

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Strovenovus's avatar

Sleazy, Sleazy, Sleazy... Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Or in your case, don't let fantasies of purity piss all over the practicalities. Matt has used Twitter to his advantage, by persuasively responding to critics and defending his position. Thomas Neuburger has some constructive thoughts about it.

https://neuburger.substack.com/p/democrats-vs-democrats-one-of-them

If Matt's had enough of Twitter, so be it. I commend him for stepping into the electronic public square, however flawed, and sharing his views.

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HeathN's avatar

I never used twitter and I've still gotten the news I need.

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Bill Owen's avatar

Twitter is far more than a place to read the news.

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HeathN's avatar

Correct, it might be the best propaganda distribution system since the TV. Well, more of an evolution.

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Enflambe's avatar

Have you finished mopping the bathrooms yet?

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Sleazy E's avatar

Nah. The last thing I did at work today was explain to a breathless hypochondriac that I will never be instituting vaccine mandates at my company.

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Philip Minor's avatar

Spoken like the commie you clearly are. Poor thing upset that your commie daddy’s lost their exclusive access to ban viewpoints that hurt your little feelings?

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Sleazy E's avatar

Try again. Twitter was shit from the beginning - it doesn't matter who owns it. Any form of social media based on ad revenue can't avoid being pathetic.

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Dennis Mills's avatar

OUCH!!! 🥴 🥴 😄

Remind me to never tangle with you Mr. Minor.

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feldspar's avatar

Listen to Archie Bunker intoning to Meathead...

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Bill Owen's avatar

The 50s are over buddy.

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Blake Beltram's avatar

I do the same with bitly - https://app.bitly.com/ -- seems to be working great as of today: https://twitter.com/BlakeBelt

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Bill Owen's avatar

Yes, but the problem of censorship remains. That aside they will just ban bitly links.

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Bill Owen's avatar

Twitter is what it is, but like you say, it's a "happening" place still.

Be careful what ghetto you move too.

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