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    Twitter Is Weird

    I’ve been fairly active on Twitter since Trump’s inauguration with over 10K tweets that have been, to the best of my ability, mostly thoughtful and carefully written. After two and a half years I have a fewer than 500 followers, which is pretty pathetic by Twitter standards.

    Yesterday, Rep. Devin Nunes filed a defamation lawsuit against Twitter and a couple of Twitter account holders: Devin Nunes’ Mom and Devin Nunes’ Cow. Twitter went crazy. Hundreds of new accounts mocking Nunes were spawned in a matter of hours. I decided to jump into the fray with Devin Nunes’ Left Nut (@leftdevin), with a pinned tweet of “Devin said he’d give me to become a congressman, now I’m in a jar somewhere in the Kremlin.”

    I’ve made maybe a dozen tweets on that account, yet 24 hours later, it has over 100 followers.

    Go figure.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Quote Originally Posted by K6BSO View Post
    I’ve been fairly active on Twitter since Trump’s inauguration with over 10K tweets that have been, to the best of my ability, mostly thoughtful and carefully written. After two and a half years I have a fewer than 500 followers, which is pretty pathetic by Twitter standards.

    Yesterday, Rep. Devin Nunes filed a defamation lawsuit against Twitter and a couple of Twitter account holders: Devin Nunes’ Mom and Devin Nunes’ Cow. Twitter went crazy. Hundreds of new accounts mocking Nunes were spawned in a matter of hours. I decided to jump into the fray with Devin Nunes’ Left Nut (@leftdevin), with a pinned tweet of “Devin said he’d give me to become a congressman, now I’m in a jar somewhere in the Kremlin.”

    I’ve made maybe a dozen tweets on that account, yet 24 hours later, it has over 100 followers.

    Go figure.
    Quality over quantity!

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    Quote Originally Posted by koØm View Post
    Quality over quantity!

    @Just_2_Badd
    Over 250 followers now. It took me over a year to get that many on my regular account.
    Last edited by NQ6U; 03-20-2019 at 07:07 PM.
    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    Since I don't do twatter, you get me as a follower here. That shit is priceless funny in my estimation. Carry on wayward son....

    Like that post was...
    Moving on, my posts are not helpful

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    All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.

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    And they say, when it comes to politics and social media, that it never pays to stoop to the Lowest Common Denominator...
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    Twaddler: "Great minds exchange idea, mediocre minds discuss events; small minds talk about people." Why would a left nut in a jar be so popular on Twaddler? Small minds talk twaddle. When Twitter and its twaddles first came out a noted Englishman called users twits, nothing has changed. It must be awfully boring sitting in that jar not understanding Russian. (But good for laughs, thanks.)
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    I do not use Twatter.
    Encrypt everything. Even if you have nothing to hide. It increases the noise floor.

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    I don't do social media at all, seems to be the best option.
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    @henare ... but not on so much lately. i use tweetdeck when i'm on, and that helps me filter out so much of the outrage ...
    "... and another thing about you democrats ... you all believe in science!" -- denny crane

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