(05-31-2023, 02:35 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(05-31-2023, 01:28 PM)WingerDinger Wrote: Twitter is probably the best place to go because you get the info straight from the horses mouth instead of 3rd party info similar to the old game of 'telephone'..

I want to know what these people actually say and think instead of over-opinionated garbage from "other sources"..

I don't need a cable news outlet to tell me how to think..

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You'd be surprised how different info can be when it's said on Twitter and not heard from on garbage news outlets..

I've never used Twitter much but I was on Facebook during their attempt at handling news and it was really, really bad. 

Yes, you're getting something right from the horse's mouth, sometimes.  But that horse might not actually know anything.  He might be making it up.  And more often you're getting something that was virally shared and is 5 or 6 degrees of separation from the person who originally saw it and said something about it.

The things you share from Twitter confirm my suspicions.  You don't know these people, you're not checking what they say, and even if it's factual it's usually not important.

Regardless of what that person may be saying on Twitter is factual or not, is still much better than getting the info from cable 3rd party news. There's been plenty said on Twitter that has been deemed false. But, (gotta love Elon), he implemented a fact checking source called Community Notes, which provides the truth and direct links to that truth. So by having Community Notes, it's been keeping everyone pretty much in line with facts.

If I post something that's from Elon Musk and it turns out to be false, who's more to blame? Myself for posting it or Elon?

These people are going to give false information, that's what they do.. But, I'd still would rather get that false info from the actual source than a 3rd party making up their own version of the story and feeding it to me unwillingly..

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