tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post4354742245318180087..comments2024-03-19T06:32:55.590-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Twitter's gone crazy banning people on the right, so I’ve deactivated my Twitter account."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39504352176282131642018-11-26T22:19:25.756-06:002018-11-26T22:19:25.756-06:00I enjoyed what Ed Driscoll posted on Instapundit r...I enjoyed what Ed Driscoll posted on Instapundit regarding Twitter. He quoted the famous line from the 1983 movie “War Games”: “A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.“Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76175092524122825052018-11-26T18:38:33.057-06:002018-11-26T18:38:33.057-06:00@midlifelawyer-Ibid.@midlifelawyer-Ibid.Douglas B. Levenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07916420802096618688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7460319618236329712018-11-26T18:02:00.043-06:002018-11-26T18:02:00.043-06:00well stop acting stupidly:
https://www.telegraph....well stop acting stupidly:<br /><br />https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/11/26/macron-warns-war-scenes-champs-elysees-damaging-frances-reputation/narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128976398798678295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23547206644551760892018-11-26T17:41:50.454-06:002018-11-26T17:41:50.454-06:00I just want to know.... is the Robert Cook that po...I just want to know.... is the Robert Cook that posted on Sean Spicier's parody twitter account, totally not realizing it *is* a parody account, OUR Robert Cook?<br /><br />https://twitter.com/sean_spicier/status/1067038356012523520/photo/1Qwinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09750599555423278972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10913555829814305982018-11-26T16:45:18.323-06:002018-11-26T16:45:18.323-06:00I enjoy Twitchy.I enjoy Twitchy.DavidDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15483763917313497742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88223001123774930512018-11-26T16:09:47.229-06:002018-11-26T16:09:47.229-06:00You might have drawn us forward as a device to you...You might have drawn us forward as a device to your final and best reason, as you did with the countdown mode. We saw what you did there.Amadeus 48 https://www.blogger.com/profile/15907486643353591432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-41408711869279134782018-11-26T15:38:58.084-06:002018-11-26T15:38:58.084-06:00My comments on
Top 6 things in that explanation t...My comments on<br /><br />Top 6 things in that explanation that don't sound like Althouse:<br /><br />6. "So I decided to suspend them, as they are suspending others" — I just don't think I'm important enough not to be embarrassing announcing a 1-person boycott.<br /><br />Amadeus: Don't sell yourself short. You perhaps are establishing a new category of Influencer. Also, you often play tit-for tat in mockery.<br /><br />5. "I was a late adopter"... I was an immediate adopter. I just never used it much. <br /><br />Amadeus: As I recall, you found it uncongenial to your desire to look at things closely, and never really adopted it at all.<br /><br />4. "It’s the crystal meth of social media" — not my style to use drug analogies.<br /><br />Amadeus: Fair enough, but you might use drug analogies for something you dislike and find harmful for many people.<br /><br />3. "it’s also being run by crappy SJW types" — I don't talk like that. Don't think I've ever used the term "SJW" let along "SJW types" and putting "crappy" into that is definitely not my style.<br /><br />Amadeus: I agree. See my follow-on comment at 9:14.<br /><br />2. " I’m currently working on a book on social media"... I've never written a book, other than an unpublished novel, and if I ever wrote about social media it would be a memoir of my own personal experience, not "a book on social media" generally. <br /><br />Amadeus: I can imagine your writing a memoir of your personal experience on social media (Meade!). You are a Woman of Mystery. Many would buy it.<br /><br />1. "free speech is just the final reason" — free speech would be my first reason.<br /><br />Amadeus: Yes, I understand that, but you might have drawn us forward as a device to your final and best reason.<br /><br />Amadeus 48 https://www.blogger.com/profile/15907486643353591432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30132928883106332322018-11-26T15:38:39.545-06:002018-11-26T15:38:39.545-06:00"Glenn Reynolds complaining about a site that..."Glenn Reynolds complaining about a site that is destructive and oddly unsatisfying. Heh."<br /><br />Are you saying his blog "Instapundit" is destructive? If so what is it destroying? Statism? If only. . . . (Now that WOULD be satisfying!)Bilwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12264809254712506094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91780041712216258302018-11-26T14:48:09.112-06:002018-11-26T14:48:09.112-06:00But he still runs that "Twitchy" crap on...But he still runs that "Twitchy" crap on his site. Money talks, Bullshit walks.Rabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02612585516401001803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-5607998286923429772018-11-26T13:28:53.365-06:002018-11-26T13:28:53.365-06:00I would absolutely love it if Trump deactivated hi...I would absolutely love it if Trump deactivated his Twitter account to protest Twitter's practices & policies. Some federal judge in Hawaii would issue an injunction restraining Trump from deactivating his account, and Trump would be forced to use his account every day because his failure to do so would frustrate Twitter's and the general public's settled expectations.blehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01463010473842132191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6540970601584985822018-11-26T13:17:20.463-06:002018-11-26T13:17:20.463-06:00To mock a bird.To mock a bird.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42752190985909632712018-11-26T13:04:28.877-06:002018-11-26T13:04:28.877-06:00Twitter's executives would love to be able to ...Twitter's executives would love to be able to ban Trump, but Trump is just too much of an actual threat for them to do so. In short, Twitter is run by a bunch of cowards.Yancey Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16427042729449397357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-81242407495950529242018-11-26T12:35:23.778-06:002018-11-26T12:35:23.778-06:00(eaglebeak)
Never had Facebook and never look at ...(eaglebeak)<br /><br />Never had Facebook and never look at anyone else's Facebook. Ditto for Instagram. I do enjoy some Twitter accounts though--very funny.<br /><br />And I'm all for Trump tweeting hither and yon.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214604215791635151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8858274189900469702018-11-26T12:23:03.526-06:002018-11-26T12:23:03.526-06:00It is funny that Trump would be banned by Twitter ...It is funny that Trump would be banned by Twitter if he weren’t president. They can ban a million conservatives but while Trump is POTUS it doesn’t matter.<br /> <br />Personally, I think conservatives should set up their own social media platforms. And start boycotting the military. Don’t join or re-enlist. Conservatives don’t understand where they have power and where they don’t have power. Joining the military is the number one area conservatives have power. mcculloughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03168402889404727565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91995397141449947812018-11-26T12:15:19.174-06:002018-11-26T12:15:19.174-06:00Nothing to see here:
https://pjmedia.com/trending...Nothing to see here:<br /><br />https://pjmedia.com/trending/report-uks-american-duchess-meghan-markle-promotes-london-mosque-that-spawned-19-terrorists/narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128976398798678295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80811083926637740612018-11-26T12:06:02.495-06:002018-11-26T12:06:02.495-06:00"Cripes, Althouse. Instapundit sounds exactly..."Cripes, Althouse. Instapundit sounds exactly like you in that explanation. Did you write it for him?"<br /><br />Top 6 things in that explanation that don't sound like Althouse:<br /><br />6. "So I decided to suspend them, as they are suspending others" — I just don't think I'm important enough not to be embarrassing announcing a 1-person boycott.<br /><br />5. "I was a late adopter"... I was an immediate adopter. I just never used it much. <br /><br />4. "It’s the crystal meth of social media" — not my style to use drug analogies<br /><br />3. "it’s also being run by crappy SJW types" — I don't talk like that. Don't think I've ever used the term "SJW" let along "SJW types" and putting "crappy" into that is definitely not my style.<br /><br />2. " I’m currently working on a book on social media"... I've never written a book, other than an unpublished novel, and if I ever wrote about social media it would be a memoir of my own personal experience, not "a book on social media" generally. <br /><br />1. "free speech is just the final reason" — free speech would be my first reason.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31262519858732932802018-11-26T12:03:15.119-06:002018-11-26T12:03:15.119-06:00Going to a crack house to drum up traffic to your ...Going to a crack house to drum up traffic to your herbal teahouse probably not a good business plan.robotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158315485808195005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75503219393915987592018-11-26T11:59:18.581-06:002018-11-26T11:59:18.581-06:00I find some of my most interesting finds on twitte...I find some of my most interesting finds on twitter:<br /><br />https://securitystudies.org/reaboi-in-al-riyadh-why-is-the-us-media-destroying-the-us-saudi-relationship/narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128976398798678295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62761604474694530792018-11-26T11:30:57.490-06:002018-11-26T11:30:57.490-06:00I have to engage with Twitter because of work, but...I have to engage with Twitter because of work, but I despise it. After spending more than a minute on Twitter I frequently find myself rushing to Althouse, driven by a need to be reminded that there are still coherent, rational people out there.TwoAndAHalfCentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09897332855672881301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20225820450988222772018-11-26T11:19:08.704-06:002018-11-26T11:19:08.704-06:00A top site loses position only by making some horr...<i>A top site loses position only by making some horrible mistake.</i><br /><br />Or when suddenly the blogger goes off the rails and makes a 180. I'm thinking of Charles at Little Green Footballs. He was huge when he proved Dan Rather's documents supposedly proving George Bush skipped his reserve meetings were fake. Then he became a rabid lefty, anti-religion, anti-vaxxer. Nobody goes there anymore. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3239663305803837552018-11-26T11:15:22.014-06:002018-11-26T11:15:22.014-06:00I almost never go on Twitter. I keep the account o...I almost never go on Twitter. I keep the account open for those rare times when something breaks out in the world that isn't getting much coverage on TV. I used it a lot during the Arab Spring and during the uprisings in Iran because it was the only source of information coming out. Otherwise I find it a bore. Mostly kids saying stupid things I don't even understand.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47842044553232657942018-11-26T11:09:02.148-06:002018-11-26T11:09:02.148-06:00Glenn Reynolds complaining about a site that is de...<i>Glenn Reynolds complaining about a site that is destructive and oddly unsatisfying. Heh.</i><br /><br />IndeedLelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531159384688653131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79605368846290128762018-11-26T10:52:58.488-06:002018-11-26T10:52:58.488-06:00Glenn Reynolds complaining about a site that is de...Glenn Reynolds complaining about a site that is destructive and oddly unsatisfying. Heh.Operamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09765170380561278410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85454119537948635112018-11-26T10:14:42.826-06:002018-11-26T10:14:42.826-06:00I read Twitter because of Thoughts of Dog and We R...I read Twitter because of Thoughts of Dog and We Rate Dogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-77426271103798674562018-11-26T09:54:09.453-06:002018-11-26T09:54:09.453-06:00Drama Queening to keep the Amazon clicks humming o...Drama Queening to keep the Amazon clicks humming on Black MondayHowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01048255624944551506noreply@blogger.com