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2015-10-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by badanov 2015-10-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Twitter is not really that much in trouble.
Newsies will use it for tweetdeck which is a must if you really want to track events.

Though I do agree that 2011 was peak time for Twitter. My summation is the information is so prevalent and depressing that many either hung up or stopped tweeting as much.

Many accounts I follow are still around occasionally, but others have been chased off by the fascist liberals like the guy that wrote this garbage.

Fact is, "liberals" do not like twitter because there truly is freedom of speech... most of the time.
Unless you are Charles C Johnson or another target with many followers.

Revolutions have used twitter because of it's resilience to blocking. It is a fantastic tool.

I guess people like me turn others off on twitter - in fact, I Am sure of it. But they always have the choice to not follow.

I like twitter and plan to keep it around for a long time.

Posted by newc 2015-10-20 00:47|| 2015-10-20 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 One thing I failed to mention:

In the 30 years I have spent sourcing on the internet, most of the web pages I read are on twitter as well as editors and contributing writers. The rest I can pick up thru RSS using newsblur - which is the best aggregator on the internet hands down.

The rest, like Rantburg, I must now check manually.
It saves much time and it is always better to watch the news scroll in front of you instead of spending all day surfing web pages.

Rant on!

Posted by newc 2015-10-20 00:54|| 2015-10-20 00:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Everyone is moving to the anonymous, unmonitored, encrypted darknet for messaging with their close associates.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-10-20 01:56|| 2015-10-20 01:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Touche

Except, open source intel and the ability for others to provide solutions and critical analysis.

I found their assesments far more realistic than what the Administration follows. But again, Everything in Life is more realistic than what this Administration follows.

What I see is exceptional advise offered for free versus the leviathan which is too busy with infighting. Twitter has been an ideal format for it.

Problem is, we have to see the best answers while the Administration follows the wrong paths.

Posted by newc 2015-10-20 02:17|| 2015-10-20 02:17|| Front Page Top

#5 School shootings are "the rule"? What fantasy world does this idiot live in? They're unusual events, incredibly rare WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE NEWSWORTHY. I swear, some people live the fallacy of the vivid exception.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-10-20 08:57|| 2015-10-20 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 The only people that get enough Twitter followers to count are celebs and they have to post constantly or lose those followers. Every post risks ticking off a large number of fans.

So yes, Twitter is dying. Then again I don't think it ever made money so perhaps it was never actually alive.

Facebook could duplicate the functionality in an afternoon if they chose to. If Twitter dies I suspect Facebook will (assuming they don't buy them out for the name).

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-10-20 10:13|| 2015-10-20 10:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Twitter dying? Since when, as you wouldn't notice it from how much the Local Kids or Young Adults are doing it here on Guam???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-10-20 23:40|| 2015-10-20 23:40|| Front Page Top

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