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Re:X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before... by mutant_glofish on Sunday August 20, 2023 @11:51AM (#37200288)
Not really. That "arc of history" line is just propaganda. Twitter did play a roll in these changes. Whether these were towards "justice" or not depends on your viewpoint, of course.
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Re:X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before... by xorbax on Sunday August 20, 2023 @12:18PM (#37200539)
The people end up on top see the outcome as just

Winner write history

So whatever happens, it'll be called just...until it isnt

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Re:X glitch wipes out most pictures and links tweeted before... by pmontra on Sunday August 20, 2023 @01:17PM (#37201096)
To make an example of my point, how could the American Revolution start in 1765 without Twitter? Something else did play a roll and was good enough. That revolution even succeeded.

Thousands of other data points scattered all along human history, successful or not.

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