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Re:What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitte... by incomingpain on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @12:20PM (#31169385)
I stupidly checked out twitter today, risking getting sucked in.

So many accounts came back today that I didn't realize were gone/banned.

So many people posting covid misinformation today without worry about censors?

Flipside, wow so many others are quitting? It's not that they hate free speech; they've had it. They hate that other people now have it.

Free speech shouldn’t involve politics, but one side sure is upset over someone protecting it right now.

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Re:What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitte... by lahvak on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:02PM (#31169998)
That does not make any sense. Suppose I was upset that other people now have free speech; how would me quitting twitter affect it in any way? If I really wanted to somehow (what whatever reason) prevent others from having free speech, how would me closing my twitter account achieve that?

The reason I closed my twitter account yesterday is because I dislike Musk and do not particularly want to participate in his social media platform.

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Re:What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitte... by incomingpain on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @02:34PM (#31171311)
>That does not make any sense. Suppose I was upset that other people now have free speech; how would me quitting twitter affect it in any way? If I really wanted to somehow (what whatever reason) prevent others from having free speech, how would me closing my twitter account achieve that?

They really don't want to see what the censored people have to say.

>The reason I closed my twitter account yesterday is because I dislike Musk and do not particularly want to participate in his social media platform.

That seems fine with me.

I generally dont do social media. Best to stay away.

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Re:What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitte... by h-w on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @04:33PM (#31172797)
People hate nazis and fake news… that was the only thing being censored: hate speech and fake science.
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Re:What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitte... by patrick451 on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @08:59PM (#31175046)
And yet somehow the CDC, Fauci and the rest of Covid Inc. persisted just fine. I guess the jihad against fake science didn't go far enough.
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Re:What is happening with sudden increase/decrease in Twitte... by h-w on Friday April 29, 2022 @12:09AM (#31201325)
Ya COVID isn’t real. I’m sure you’re right.
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