Starting threads with a Twitter post - your thoughts?

I don't like the idea of a blanket policy against Twitter threads. The reason why is the MSM often blacks out news coverage on damaging stories to the progressive left. The two attendees who were booted out from the Harris rally for shouting "Jesus is Lord" and "Christ is King" saw very little coverage in the MSM for example. That would only lead to more whining about Fox, Blaze, Breitbart, etc as news sources for these types of stories. Some good information can come from Twitter. You simply have to eat the meat and spit out the bones.

 

I don't mind them, but like all other quoted links, the author needs to add some discussion about them. Mod's should also be allowed to edit/or add something if the tweet turns out to be as bogus as most of a certain someone's always do.

 

Add “YouTube” to the list, too. The problem is people don’t fact check their dumb shit before posting fake nonsense.

 

He’s got a blue checkmark so you know it’s legit.

 

Seems like a way to censor information. I think you need to do better than ban X postings. There’s a fine line there.

For instance, if it’s an actual video. What’s wrong with that? Will you allow YouTube videos instead?

On the other hand, if it is some random post from an uncredited source, I am fine with it.

 

The issue isn't the sources it's the posters.

 

Ban all conservative posters? Will that solve the issue?

 

Why do you assume I was talking about conservative posters? Very interesting retort.

 

Seems like crap to me unless you ban all CNN and MSNBC posts as well. Might as well make it somewhat fair. However, given the liberal slant in this board, that doesn’t matter.

 

This is like mulling whether we should accept our mail if the mailman isn’t wearing a USPS shirt.

 

Not a thread starter.

 

It would be an insulation upgrade for the echo chamber.

 

I see this as no different than in the Den. Mods generally delete and lock threads from uncredited sources. Others X tweets are allowed from credible sources. Not sure whats the issue.

You cannot deny videos as they speak for themselves.

 

Starting a thread with a “tweet” that may or may not be accurate is not an issue. Seems the problem is how some respond to it. If folks would just ignore or not respond to those posts …. there would be no issue.

 

Does it rilly matter? I've started threads with articles from the WSJ (that usually cite hard data) &/or academic research & people treat it the same as the national enquirer if they don't like the pt. being made. I still recall a fake con on here writing & I quote, Cato. LOL. The libs/dems do the same.

 

It almost like we are not smart enough to filter the crap out on our own. I mean.. what IQ do you need to see some of these tweets and know immediately that they are fake? Low double digits?

 

Twitter is garbage now but no reason to outlaw a tweet as a thread starter. We can just mercilessly tease whichever poster starts a thread using a bad source whether it’s Twitter, telegram, YouTube, etc.

 

I would not post something like that unless there was indisputable evidence or it was verified by trusted sources who had never led me wrong about such a claim before. But again, it feels like you're picking on X. That tweet isn't far from several of the fake news media stories about Trump over the years. So, it would seem you're proposing a tweet such as you mentioned is okay if it's a link to the Atlantic, just not something from the X platform. I think you should tell your whiny leftists buddies to pound sand. It's all the same. You're singling out X because you know it provides a lot of dirt on the left that other media outlets try to sweep under the rug.