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I agree. I have no qualms about letting the special needs conspiracy theorists spout their nonsense. I have critical thinking skills.

First they came for the Jews, and I said nothing, because I wasn’t Jewish.

The whole “Twitter is not government owned therefore..” argument is silly. Twitter is a near defacto monopoly or at least a major social media comm9ns. To ignore discriminatory treatment of certain political viewpoints and allowing them to be silenced is a disservice to society. Majority of people (self included)…

yeah Alex Jones didn’t say what his censors wanted him to say. is that really scary to you? America is found it on a marketplace of ideas and his marketplace seems to be more credible too many people than others like CNN. That seems to be more of a problem of the mainstream media then of Alex Jones. If he is such a…

You’re free not to listen. Just like he’s free to say whatever the fuck he wants. Even if it’s stupid or not true.

You’re correct. Didn’t do enough research on this before I posted that.

Twitter has some problems, but most of that can be solved by just not following or blocking assholes like Jones. It’s still the best place for breaking news during major events (even if people get some details wrong). It’s also a great place for up to the minute sports and pop culture information.

All the good and valid reasons to leave Twitter, and the one you decide to go with is “because they won’t silence people I don’t like?”

It’s always the same with you people:
Netflix gets better? Let’s send Blockbusters all over the world to hell!! Someone behaves badly on Twitter? It’s ok, folks, let’s everybody quit Twitter (_{except me)}!

Came here to say just that.  Basically if you don’t like what someone is saying, ignore them....attacking those people just makes their voices louder and validates some of their claims they make against you.

Silencing voices you don’t like, or disagree with, doesn’t make your stance better. It just creates echo chambers, and those are as wholly destructive as the perception of those voices you wish to silence.

If I was drinking water I would have spit it out after reading your comment.  Thank you.  I might steal this one.  ;)

What part of when, who, and how long you share your location do you not understand? Or are you saying that someone in an abusive relationship may be forced to give that info to their abuser on a permanent basis? Because if that’s the case, location sharing is just one of many many problems.

As with any other technology, it can be used for good or for evil. An abuser could coerce someone into sharing, and use that data to harm them. But there are certainly more positive uses for it than negative ones. It would be cool if you could silently disable it temporarily or something. Though even that could be…

Or maybe it’s ok if your friends aren’t insecure anxiety monsters?

My family uses this feature often. My wife and I share our location all the time which easily allows her to see if I am still at work or on the way home. I can see where she’s at when she’s shopping so the “hey, you still at Publix?” text doesn’t have to go out when I notice we’re out of the kids yogurt, etc.

Seems you’ve missed the part on how this works. You only share with people you WANT to share this with. If you happen to share this with the one person you’re trying to avoid, thus didnt invite to hang out, well, thats completely on you. I’m only speaking of Google Maps. I dont have the foggiest idea how this whole Sna…

Okay. Thanks DMV Dan.

It's hard to know what to say...my wife lost her dad last year, and after a while all the messages of grief start to sound the same. "My thoughts are with you during this difficult time," etc. That's not to say they are not welcome and appreciated, but I found that the messages she cherished the most from friends were…