The argument about LFC having to make the switch is 100% correct. As much as I’d want TAN to not be associated with X, as long as serious information sources don’t do it, we’ll only amputate ourselves from some genuine info.
I have thus to fully agree ismf’s post above, even though we are a large majority here to hate everything Musk represents.
Are you denying that you’re one of the people who reposts the most from X here?
It’s not personal: it’s statement of fact.
That might be a fact but why is the word ‘culprit’ used here on her? You might think you are right and she is wrong and that gives us now the right to label others as ‘culprits’? Maybe you guys are culprits at kicking up a big fuss unnecessarily over this over and over again?
This is a discussion about the reposting of X on these forums. The word “culprit” means someone guilty of an offence, so it is justified here.
I see your point, but I suppose it’s a question of values. I’m fine either way. I’m not that information hungry and lately have been simply ignoring all X posts. Seemed like a decent compromise. But that’s just my opinion and how I live with my own expectations.
For me, some things are more important in life that “genuine info”. I find a lot of X hurtful and insensitive and just not worth knowing or supporting in any form (arguably its raison d’etre is now poisonous). I don’t expect others to hold the same view. We all have to make our decisions. If I were running the forum, X would have been gone. But I’m not. So to each their own.
I am being honest when I say its never my intention to call anyone out on what they read, believe or support.
That is YOUR choice and I respect your right to do what you want.
However
I am of the belief that as a forum we should ban X. I am entitled to my view on this.
In my view you are an essential part of the community here. You represent a different viewpoint and that is refreshing.
I don’t want you to ever feel isolated because of a difference of opinion.
That is 100% genuine.
Edit
I called people out on supporting Brian Clough.
But to me he is The S*n personified in his views on Hillsborough
For clarity.
Everyone is entitled to opinion, entitled to quote whatever platform they want.
Re what @ISMF stated above…
I will on occasion return to here and underline the proposal to ban ban X.
We will, one day ban X as most places will do.
I will take no joy from when we do, save the fact that we should have done it sooner.
I’ve decreased my usage of X/twitter .
On ocassion, I will post a twitter link though especially if related to LFC. I don’t use twitter for anything else anymore.
I’d rather not but if more credible sources actually used their bluesky accounts when posting rumours. I wouldnt have to use shitter/twitter/xitter.
You could say I’ve gone from someone who didn’t want X banned to someone who couldn’t care less if it was banned.
I don’t think you post significantly more Twitter links than I do. That said, I don’t see anyone having a go at me for doing that, which I find interesting.
ISMF hit the nail on the head. For me, it’s about content and convenience. I couldn’t care less about the owner of the platform, who’s not a likeable person but I’m sure that I could find out I’m using other products of similar people if I only looked close enough.
If/when all of people I follow on social media migrate to a new platform, I will do likewise. Until then, I’ll be using those that I’m currently using. Until TAN bans Twitter, all of us are free to post news from the accounts using it. If anyone has a problem with that, they can just skip those posts. Freedom of speech and all that.
On that note, can we also ban Facebook and Instagram?
I can do that, if you want.
I think the only time I use twitter/X, or whatever they want to call it, is through the links on here.
So I have no idea about whatever else happens on the platform. I do like many dislike Musk.
Regarding Cynnie, it seems that he isn’t that he is against any posters using X (quicker to type) it is that it lags his experience of using TAN.
Whether we ban it, I don’t care either way and the only thing I am for banning it is because of my dislike for Musk.
Be my guest!
Shut the fuck up.
Yeah that Eeyore needs to be silenced.
In my lifetime, and I’m guessing yours, we’ve never been in a situation before where someone so rich and so influential was attempting to grab so much power and destroy so much for such repugnant aims.
In such a situation, we, normal people, have miniscule amounts of power, but what little we have we should, surely, use to oppose this person and his agenda.
It may be small, it may be token, but if enough people withdraw their consent eventually he will lose his power.
It is important to recognize that Musk doesnt make money from twitter. It is a dog of a business. SO from that regard using it is not the same as the moral responsibility you take on for buying clothes made by pre-teens in foreign sweatshops.
The question then is if you want to hurt musk how do you do it? As long as the network effect on twitter is still significant, engaging there to counter his bullshit can still be argued to have value
Good luck with that Limes.
It’s not about the money Musk makes or doesn’t make. A platform that is used by less and less people becomes more and more insignificant. And the extreme right-wingers already have enough platforms where they can be among themselves. Let’s add twitter/X to the list.
That being said, do what you want.
