• Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    4 months ago

    Nobody said anything about deleting accounts or not using Twitter. You’re just making shit up.

    The comment was “People still use X?”, which is clearly a phrased as rhetorical question intended to suggest that people don’t use X anymore. Hundreds of millions of people use X, so this is an outright lie. That it is being used to dismiss allegations of widespread disinformation only makes the lie more problematic.

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        4 months ago

        I understand that it is facetious, but the humor in the statement is predicated on oft-repeated misinformation. The “just a joke” rhetoric doesn’t work on me.

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          4 months ago

          You are defending the use of X which is being used to spread misinformation and my only point is that people should consider NOT using it. I understand that they are using it, which continues to dumbfound me The point is that they are using it and that they should consider not using it!

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            4 months ago

            I’m not defending the use of X, I’m acknowledging the widespread use of X.

            I don’t understand the exercise in deliberately misinterpreting me. Acting like you’re stupid isn’t a good look.