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A comment on Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' tweet. Parent comment

Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by naeemtee on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:04AM (#25715242)
I'm impressed people keep making the "option not to use it" argument. Our lines of communication are monopolized. "Just don't use Facebook/Twitter/Amazon" is an irrelevant argument since there are no alternatives.
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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by Pfhreak on Sunday January 10, 2021 @11:21AM (#25716196)
You can absolutely love comfortably and normally in the US without Facebook or Twitter. It's more challenging to avoid Amazon entirely, but you can easily avoid supporting them directly.
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Re:Twitter deletes China embassy's Xinjiang 'emancipation' t... by chrononaut on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:15PM (#25722133)
I understand the practical difficulty of another platform being created and being successful, and thus the general recommendation of "not using the platform" is futile.

However, this is a comment thread of OP comparing Pravda to Twitter. You are not at a higher risk of death by the government for trying to start a competitive platform to Twitter.

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