When people say "Twitter is not real life," just remember that the whole Omar controversy *started* on Twitter, and now it's roiling the entire Congress and could presage a permanent split in the Democratic Party. So yes, Twitter does "matter" whether you like it or not
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Does Twitter have distorting effects? Yes, of course. If you don't use Twitter with self-awareness, it can make you assume that your feed is representative of the wider US population. But that's different from saying it "doesn't matter," as certain world-weary types often do
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I’ve been hearing doom-saying about Twitter since I first joined the platform 10 years ago. And yet, it just keeps growing in influence. No reason to believe that’s gonna change any time soon
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Also, Twitter provides a window into the thinking of political and media elites that previously would’ve been inaccessible to the public. That can be easy to lose sight of. But it’s a radical change in how ordinary people relate to their powerful overseers
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The massive and growing influence of the platform is all the more reason to be extremely concerned when people are booted off on spurious grounds. You are depriving them of something hugely consequential. Anyways, that’s enough for now. Need to get back to browsing twitter
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When we say twitter is not real life it means some people can be mean and a complete troll and they don’t really engage in a good faith manner with anyone but use it as an outlet to work out their mental angst
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Their venezuelan coup strategy is not going very well.
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gracias a dios, quien no existe
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@Timcast appreciates it just fine.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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You make a good point. We take Twitter lightly, but it has a real impact for sure.
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And then there’s Rubio and Bolsinaro.
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You are now one of my favorite tweeters.
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Bolton is good if we need to blow something up or intimidate someone. Other than that, he should be kept in storage.
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But Twitter needs some serious competition to help reign in the censorship
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How concerned might DT be about getting Kennedy'ed if he doesn't play ball on certain policy decisions? Please don't tell me I'm a conspiracy nut, OK? Not in the era of WMD & GWB being Michelle Obama's "partner in crime," whom she "loves to death." Got a minute to respond?
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Miachel T(based)racey
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