• Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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      5 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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          5 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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              5 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.