A lot of you sound like just a bunch of old farts who think all that Twitter is only for is political discussions.
There is so much breaking sports news on Twitter now a days that it's where most news breaks. It's also huge for video game companies to show off their latest projects, discuss projects, and engage with the user base.
Those are the 2 areas I mainly use it for and it's fantastic for that. My feed hasn't really changed at all.
People who think it's just "short term engagement" are just showing how little they know about it and social media in general.
Valid Point. I understand what you're saying and agree with what you're saying.
The problem is, no one is going to do much more than laugh at the Commies and how craptastic FedEx Field is. And even for franchises with better reputations like the Vikings, what's the worst that happens? Someone badmouths them. I love sports, but it's a make belief world and the damage is very limited with any false news. At worst, any fake news only impacts a handful of people.
With political discourse, false news is devastating and can change the course of people's lives. This is not make belief. This is real. The consequences are very real. The impact is on an entire nation, and for a nation as powerful as the United States, it has the potential to impact the world.
Twitter has the potential to be a force for positive, but like all mediums of expression, there needs to be rules and guidelines. In public, if you walk up to an area with a person of African descent and call him the N-word, you're going to get a whoopin. Do that in an online medium with no moderation, and that message just sits there. If anything, it'll attract even more similar vulgar statements.
Elon Musk has been vocal about protecting free speech, but look at some of the prominent persons who have been banned. These people on this list DESERVES to be permabanned.
Former president Donald Trump. Constantly posts lies. Constantly labels facts as "fake news". My Pillow guy, Mike Lindell. Constantly posts lies. Former Trump lawyer, Sydney Powell. Constantly post lies. Michael Flynn. Constantly posts lies and QAnon quack conspiracy theories. Roger Stone. Constantly post lies. Steve Bannon. Constantly post lies and incites violence. Gavin McInnes. Proud Boys member who post lies and conspiracy theories. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Constantly post lies and all around nonsense. Alex Jones. Constantly post lies and conspiracy theories. This jackass deserves a beating every damn morning of every damn day. Tila Tequila. Posting Nazi propaganda. David Duke. Former KKK leader. Spews hate messages. Aubrey Huff. Posted false Covid-19 info. Stuff like this kills gullible innocent people. Azaelia Banks. Posted homophobic and racist crap. Laura Loomer. Posts racist crap.
This is not the complete list, but the more prominent ones, with reasons on why they were banned. None deserve to be back on Twitter. And if they post the same crap on other social media networks, they deserve to be permanently banned on those networks too.