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All of our collective powers - can we not stop this horrible nauseating disgusting and despicable trend wherein one reads a (news) report of some sort and they say things like:
" _______ tweeted . . . " or "_______ posted on their FaceBook page"
and similar insane citations?
Any solutions to stopping the growing din of the intellectual flushing sound?
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If only!
The full template is - "X tweeted Y about Z and now here's an op-ed piece about how we suffer from an era of soundbite politics."
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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I tweeted about this the other day.
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W∴ Balboos wrote: Any solutions to stopping the growing din of the intellectual flushing sound?
What intelligence? All I hear is the flushing. So no solution, because people sh*t. Technology only gives them other ways to sh*t, other than through their a**.
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The problem is:
The internet has put the power in the hands of the people. So now those who used to control everything are in a struggle to remain relevant.
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No - they can higher all the posters they need for whatever need they want.
Russia and China (&etc.) haven't wasted this opportunity to fool those gullible enough to think they've gained control.
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Shut down Twitter and Facebook altogether?
Think of all the extra free time people would now have on their hands...
[Edit]
I swear some morning TV shows exist only to report what's happening on Twitter/Facebook, for those people who don't go there themselves. Seriously, the stuff on those sites should only exist on those sites.
modified 12-Sep-17 10:36am.
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I think it would be terrific if some respectable news outlet could take the lead:
If some important clown tweets something, the comments about that are posted on Twitter only. And likewise for Farcebook posts.
... such stuff as dreams are made on
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Their strategy for 2016 consisted of the following objectives:
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Periscope and Vine. Their mobile application, Periscope, lets anyone broadcast and watch video live with others. They recently added the ability to broadcast from a GoPro camera, and to watch any broadcast live from a Tweet. Pairing Periscope with Twitter gives broadcasters greater distribution (anywhere a Tweet can be displayed, a Periscope can too) and the ability to integrate into our revenue products. Vine is a mobile application that enables users to create and distribute short looping videos of up to six seconds in length. We do not currently monetize videos on Periscope or Vine, other than to the extent they can be integrated into our revenue products.
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Re: bullet point enumerating platforms . . .
You managed to leave out how the information shared is a personally identifiable for identity theft, and the logging of locations and UI analysis of linkages a bonanza for invasion of privacy.
And you left out how people (if they still rate that title) have no life outside of those pathetic little screens - visual SOMA.
Even the mating ritual has decayed to the point where - naturally - they need for these platforms to find a mate is now becoming essential to the social skill-less drones we're developing.
And as far as the overall power-to-the-people preposition - haven't you noticed that large number of paid posters of all sorts have shifted the balance every further towards power-over-the-people.
abmv wrote: Many of the world’s most trusted media outlets, including the BBC, CNN and Times of India, regularly use Twitter as a platform for content distribution.
Further ludicrous pronunciation. They've not been reputable for a long time: BBC sensor by omission and editorializes in the name of news. CNN, years ago, let its content be censored by the local government (PLO at that time). For all intents and purposes, they're hardly better than Breitbart.
Basically, as the world goes to sh*t in pit, these 'beneficial programs' simply supply the lubricant.
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Now, if we could just find a way to say that in 140 characters ...
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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Given the comment, possibly soapbox material?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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If he moves it to the soapbox, it'll be ok for me to suggest that Richard Branson tries asking the EU for help 
Now is it bad enough that you let somebody else kick your butts without you trying to do it to each other? Now if we're all talking about the same man, and I think we are... it appears he's got a rather growing collection of our bikes.
modified 31-Aug-21 21:01pm.
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I don't have a problem with that! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Munchies_Matt wrote: OK, bad taste, but couldn't help it.
Taken as a whole, when you post something like I must agree 100%.
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As an ex-serviceman with a well developed sense of black humour (it comes with the job) I'm afraid I laughed. 
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I knew I couldn't be the only one! 
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"Cool ghost wants your ticket by the sounds of it." (9)
Good luck.
Andy B
modified 12-Sep-17 5:27am.
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I can't believe I'm doing this but Inspector.
In = Cool
Ghost = Spectre
Sounds of Inspectre = Inspector
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Ah! You beat me to it! Well done... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well done Peter, your turn tomorrow.
Andy B
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I normally try not to answer them because of the following days CCC obligation. Why did I do it? Why?
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Cool IN
ghost SPECTRE
wants your ticket by the sounds of it.
INSPECTOR
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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