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Lorenzo Inglese's avatar

I have no sympathy for Shapiro. I agree with him in this case, but as I have written many times, nothing intelligent can be written spontaneously and certainly not in 140 characters. In the words of PJ O’Rourke, Twitter is the medium that has put all the idiots in the world in touch with one another. Shapiro is an idiot based on his use of Twitter; and Bari, I love you, but stop being an idiot. Drop Twitter!!

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james p mc grenra's avatar

good point, Larry. The media must GO

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MDM 2.0's avatar

The upside about Twitter is the Blue Check Marks....it lets you know automatically those folks are delusional

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CC's avatar

'don't know about 'blue check marks' and don't care to at this point. Twitter is a colossal waste of time. Get out. Get going. Live.

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CC's avatar

I dropped Twitter when they dropped Trump. Don't miss it at all. I have my life back and am getting so much else done rather than read that dribble.

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William Daly's avatar

Amen. I've been off Twitter 3 years and don't miss it.

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CC's avatar

Dribble works as well 😜💦

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dd's avatar

This is why twitter has threads. And yes, there are brilliant ones.

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Deep Turning's avatar

I love and admire Ilya Shapiro. But Twitter is a moronic medium, and I can't understand anyone who uses it for anything serious. At best, it's a simplistic marketing/branding platform and not much else. The right thing is to use a website or blog and give time and consideration to posting on controversial topics (even when the controversy itself is largely bogus).

(A number of public bloggers/podcasters have abandoned Twitter in the last few years and saved themselves a lot of grief.)

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Anne Shenton's avatar

I agree.

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Deep Turning's avatar

Exactly. Twitter is an open sewer. Just stay away.

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